The senior Labor frontbencher is the first politician to step down following the release of last week's Broderick review into parliament's culture.
NSW Labor frontbencher Walt Secord is stepping down from the shadow ministry after being accused of bullying by past and current colleagues.Several past and present colleagues have accused Mr Secord of bullyingMr Secord, who held several shadow portfolios, said he had asked Opposition Leader Chris Minns to "let me stand aside" after a "long reflection".
Mr Secord has spent more than 30 years in the Labor Party and was serving as the opposition spokesman for police, counter terrorism, arts and heritage and the north coast. "Chris [Minns], myself, and the NSW Labor Party have committed to adopting the recommendations of the Broderick review and working across party lines to make the NSW Parliament and NSW politics a workplace we can all be proud of," he said in a statement.
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