Revelations about Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo\u2019s deeply inappropriate involvement in the political process and contempt for the principle of accountability should prompt his immediate resignation or dismissal, the Greens say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMr Pezzullo\u2019s time as a senior public servant needs to end and it needs to end today,\u201d Greens Immigration and Citizenship spokesperson Senator Nick McKim said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThroughout his time as Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs he has overseen a litany of governance failures and shown complete contempt for the principle of accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHis brazen attempts to manipulate the political process and his failure to respect the boundaries between politics and the public service mean that his position is untenable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf Mr Pezzullo wants to play in the political sandpit then he should stand for Parliament.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe PM needs to set high standards and make it clear what he will and will not stand for. The standard he walks past is the standard he accepts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was a grievous mistake for Mr Albanese to reappoint Mr Pezullo when he came to office, and he now has the chance to correct the error.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf Mr Pezzullo is not already working on his resignation, then the Prime Minister should demand it or sack him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat must not mean a sideways shuffle, a golden handshake or a cushy diplomatic post.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Revelations about Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo\u2019s deeply inappropriate involvement in the political process and contempt for the principle of accountability should prompt his immediate resignation or dismissal, the Greens say. \u201cMr Pezzullo\u2019s time as a senior public servant needs to end and it needs to end today,\u201d Greens Immigration and Citizenship spokesperson Senator Nick … Continue reading “PEZZULLO MUST RESIGN OR BE SACKED”<\/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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112","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=23112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23113,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23112\/revisions\/23113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}