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NSW Upper House Inquiry Should Call Premier Not Staffers

Public Service Association < 1 mins read
Quotes attributable to Stewart Little, General Secretary of the Public Service Association (PSA):
 
"Our members shouldn't be pawns in parliamentary parlour games with upper house MP's posturing to get media coverage," said Mr Little.
 
"If upper house MP's want to know the facts they need to concentrate on getting the Premier to appear before them, or the relevant Ministers.
 
"In a parliamentary democracy it's the elected members who call the shots and the responsibility lies with them, the buck stops there. They are accountable to the public through the electoral process as are departmental heads and senior bureaucrats.
 
"Pulling in staffers is the pits, drag in ministers or the senior departmental heads by all means, but junior public servants and parliamentary staffers have no bearing or consequence or meaning on the political process.
 
Contact: Tim Brunero 0405 285 547
 

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