Embattled NSW Transport Minister Jo Haylen says she will not resign, even if a public servant who worked in her office is found to have breached his obligation to act politically neutral.
An Emergency Warning has been issued for parts of Nambeelup, Serpentine and the Shire of Murray in Western Australia. For the latest, search onEmbattled New South Wales Transport Minister Jo Haylen says she will not resign, even if a public servant who worked in her office is found to have breached his obligation to act politically neutral.
"Those emails are of concern, they were of concern to me, and may have breached that public servant's obligations," Ms Haylen said."This is a relatively young, junior public servant. This is a small number of internal emails." Ms Haylen said that in her "impatience" to set up the office, her team requested specific public servants to work as DLOs.The minister added that "lessons have been learned" and that her office would no longer request specific bureaucrats to work as DLOs.Earlier in the day, Premier Chris Minns doubled down on his support for the frontbencher and said he did not want her to resign.
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