{"id":21846,"date":"2023-07-18T06:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T06:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=21846"},"modified":"2023-07-18T06:12:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T06:12:02","slug":"frnsw-needs-rescuing-from-minns-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/18\/frnsw-needs-rescuing-from-minns-government\/","title":{"rendered":"FRNSW needs rescuing from Minns Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Between appointments of \u2018Minns mates\u2019 to senior positions and sacking senior public servants via a media release or e-mail, the Minns Government has developed a concerning culture in just 100 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman said the Minns Government needs to exercise proper governance and transparency, rather than running the public service as their own plaything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMedia reports that the Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner was sacked with just an e-mail would be at least a second time that the Labor Government has chosen to dismiss a senior public servant in an unceremonious, undignified and disrespectful manner \u2013 having dismissed the administrator for NSW\u2019s cemeteries with a media release,\u201d said Mr Speakman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shadow Minister for Emergency Services Gurmesh Singh said the lack of appropriate processes raises serious questions about the Minns Government\u2019s approach to hiring and firing senior public servants, and its respect for the NSW public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf such high-ranking employees are treated with this level of contempt, we are forced to question the government&#8217;s regard for the everyday employees,\u201d said Mr Singh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Singh also expressed concern that the Minns Government\u2019s recent \u2018Jobs for the Boys\u2019 approach to appointing the Transport Secretary should not be replicated with the FRNSW Commissioner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFRNSW provides critical services to our community, keeping us safe, and we urge the Labor Government to commit to a transparent recruitment process for the new Commissioner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe also wish the former Commissioner Paul Baxter all the best in his future endeavours.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions Emergency Services Minister Jihad Dib must answer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Who made the decision to sack Mr Baxter?<\/li><li>Whom did the Minister consult, apart from the unions, prior to the decision?<\/li><li>What role did the unions play in the sacking of Mr Baxter?<\/li><li>How and by whom was the decision to terminate Mr Baxter first communicated? Is it true that it was by email?<\/li><li>What is the cost to the taxpayer of terminating Mr Baxter\u2019s employment at this time?<\/li><li>What process will be used to appointment Mr Baxter\u2019s successor?<\/li><li>Will the process be managed by the independent Public Service Commissioner?<\/li><li>What role will the unions play in the recruitment process?<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between appointments of \u2018Minns mates\u2019 to senior positions and sacking senior public servants via a media release or e-mail, the Minns Government has developed a concerning culture in just 100 days. Leader of the Opposition Mark Speakman said the Minns Government needs to exercise proper governance and transparency, rather than running the public service as &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2023\/07\/18\/frnsw-needs-rescuing-from-minns-government\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FRNSW needs rescuing from Minns Government&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21847,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21846\/revisions\/21847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}