Albanese asks finance department whether Byrne breached official rules over staff
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Anthony Albanese has referred Labor MP Anthony Byrne to the finance department to investigate his employment of taxpayer-funded staff who didn’t turn up to his office.
Albanese said he had first spoken to Byrne about whether he would refer himself to the department over the staff, who were taken on at the behest of a factional boss.
But Byrne...
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