The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age have published text messages sent over a number of years between Mike Pezzullo and Scott Briggs, an influential figure within the Liberal Party.
abc.net.au/news/mike-pezzullo-home-affairs-secretary-scott-briggs-text-messages/102896034The secretary of the Home Affairs Department, Mike Pezzullo, has been referred to the Australian Public Service Commissioner over text messages sent to a Liberal Party powerbroker.
Mr Briggs has held a number of roles within the party, including deputy director of the New South Wales branch and president of the federal electoral conference in former prime minister Scott Morrison's seat of Cook. Many of the published messages refer to ministerial appointments under former Coalition governments, including appointments for those with responsibility for Mr Pezzullo's Home Affairs Department.
In a message sent to Mr Briggs during the Liberal Party's 2018 leadership contest, Mr Pezzullo advocated for the appointment of a prominent conservative as home affairs minister. "You need a right winger in there – people smugglers will be watching … Please feed that in [to Morrison and Turnbull]," Mr Pezzullo said in one of the published messages.
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