Home affairs department head Michael Pezzullo referred to public service commissioner over leaked texts
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6F1ER)
The home affairs minister Clare O'Neil said she was aware' of reporting by Nine of the texts, which include comments about political figures
The head of the home affairs department, Michael Pezzullo, has been referred to the public service commissioner after a series of leaked texts called into question whether he made partisan interventions under the Coalition governments.
The Age and 60 Minutes first revealed the series of texts between Pezzullo and Liberal powerbroker, Scott Briggs, in which the home affairs secretary disparaged senior Coalition ministers and advocated for a right winger to be minister responsible for his department.
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