Jo Tarnawsky: Richard Marles’ chief of staff appeals to Albanese to intervene in employment standoff

Exclusive: Jo Tarnawsky's lawyer says she remains in the same limbo' as three weeks ago and calls the situation untenable'

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The deputy prime minister's chief of staff has accused the government of ignoring her bullying complaint and stonewalling on her unresolved employment situation, appealing directly to the prime minister to intervene.

Guardian Australia reported three weeks ago Jo Tarnawsky's concerns she had not heard from her boss, Richard Marles, since May and had been barred from her office without 24 hours' notice, after she made a complaint about behaviour by some staff that she felt was bullying and was moved out of her job.

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