Transport Minister Jo Haylen has asked Transport boss Josh Murray to investigate whether a junior public servant broke employment rules.
NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen’s chief of staff has sensationally quit after it emerged the junior public servant he parachuted into the office was doing political work while on secondment, including collating a list of Coalition backflips and organising a barbeque to celebrate Labor’s election win.
Gartrell’s resignation will put intense pressure on Haylen, who has faced heavy criticism for the appointment of Transport Secretary Josh Murray, who has long links to Labor, as well as the role of public servants in her office with party ties. In a series of emails, Ash referred to government MPs as “our Labor colleagues” and agreed to help organise a barbeque in Haylen’s Summer Hill electorate to celebrate 100 days of the Minns government.
Ash also drafted lines on how Haylen should respond in Parliament to questions about transport from Coalition MPs, including new members, suggesting the minister say “it’s their mess we inherited and we were elected to fix”.
Opposition Transport spokeswoman Natalie Ward said, “the investigation is nothing more than an attempt to throw a junior staffer under the bus to protect a minister.” Ash’s appointment later drew the attention of then-acting transport secretary Howard Collins, internal documents previously released to parliament revealed.
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