Public servants are supposed to be apolitical, impartial and act with integrity, otherwise public faith is broken.
It has been revealed that Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo, through Liberal powerbroker and lobbyist Scott Briggs, spent years seeking to shore up power, undermining political and public service enemies, and promoting the careers of conservative allies. On Monday afternoon, Pezzullo agreed to step down amid an investigation.
The kind of factional power play Pezzullo is accused of is what we may reluctantly expect from elected politicians mired in the dirty world of politics, but is antithetical to the notion of an apolitical and impartial public service.
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