If the former Liberal staffer were to withdraw, it would call into question the credibility of the inquiry and raise fresh questions about how the federal government will address her complaints.
Former Liberal staffer Rachelle Miller is threatening to withdraw from the investigation into her relationship with stood-aside cabinet minister Alan Tudge before she even gives evidence, amid concerns over the independent inquiry.
A letter sent by Ms Miller’s lawyer, Peter Gordon, to the Australian Government Solicitor’s office – and subsequently obtained bystates Ms Thom’s independent inquiry “may very unfortunately suffer from a number of the shortcomings of the current complaints process identified by the Foster Review and the Jenkins process”.
If Ms Miller were to withdraw from the investigation it would call into question the credibility of the Thom inquiry and raise fresh questions about how the federal government will address Ms Miller’s complaints. “We do not consider there is any basis for such a limitation on the ‘independent inquiry’. There are a number of important allegations that may fall into this category,” he states.
Crucially, Mr Gordon’s letter also objects to the fact that Ms Miller may not be entitled to a complete copy of any report produced by Ms Thom’s inquiry and that there is no basis to “deny our client a complete copy of the report”.
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