Exclusive: The former chief of staff to Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt has accused the minister of fostering a culture of bullying in his office auspol | ErykBagshaw
The Department of Finance confirmed that since 2015 Mr Wyatt has had 10 employees cease employment with him, resulting in $189,750 in severance payments.
“In a conversation with the boss he is keen for this [aged care complaints statistics] to get out this weekend,” an email from Ms Gelo to staff shows. “So it would be good to drop this on Saturday because the focus in the media will be about the NEG [National Energy Guarantee].” In another instance, emails show a staff member was forced to personally pay back a $430 hotel bill for Ms Gelo after she said she did not like the taxpayer-funded accommodation she was booked into.
Mr Wyatt is now responsible for steering through a highly charged referendum on Indigenous recognition, a process he described a “too important to fail”. He strongly denied any inappropriate relationship with Ms Gelo but would not comment on internal office and staffing matters.have confirmed five other staff corroborated Ms Johnson’s account to the prime minister’s office over a 48-hour period in the final days of the Turnbull government.
A spokesman for Mr Wyatt noted that, unlike the minister, “many Coalition ministers decided to retire from Parliament at the 2019 election”. Mr Nutt disputed the account, stating he had told her: “From time to time ministers in various governments become close to staff in the office and they rely on them more than others.”
The final investigation into allegations, which included interviews with 10 staff members, by external firm CPM cost taxpayers $37,000. The CPM report was delivered to Mr Wyatt in December but remains locked away. A Freedom of Information request was rejected last week.
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