The sordid scandal around the former staffer keeps claiming victims and ruining reputations.
Everyone with past dealings with “Jacko” was in disbelief. “You’re f---ing joking right?” one former colleague texted. The police commissioner– a proven media klutz in her own right, who has burnt through comms staff – would be getting her PR messaging managed by a TV journalist known for doing anything to get a story. If Jacko was the answer, tell us, what exactly is the question? kicking the appointment. By mid-week, there were crisis talks. NSW police ministerwas trying to stay out of it.
It’s worth pausing for a moment to consider this depraved behaviour. In an effort to lure an accused rapist to do a chequebook journalism deal to tell “his side” of the story, someone thought the best method was to attempt to give him access to Thai massages.
It’s enough to make you weep. And enough to make the survivors of sexual assault take note. No matter what happened on that fateful Canberra night, the fallout’s victims keep piling up.is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent.
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