Department of Parliamentary Services boss Rob Stefanic has faced sustained questions about his relationship with his former deputy.
But in testimony at Senate estimates that has gone for hours, secretary of the Department of Parliamentary Services Rob Stefanic has refused to say if he had a relationship with Cate Saunders either before or after they worked together. Mr Stefanic told senators that in August 2022 he disclosed a conflict of interest about Ms Saunders to the head of the public service but only did so in response to gossip and rumours that were swirling at Parliament House.Under questioning from Liberal senator Jane Hume, he confirmed that there was no documentation of that declaration.
Estimates heard that Ms Saunders went on a six-month secondment to Services Australia but entered talks to receive an "incentive to retire" payment four months into her posting.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing a call to reverse an "interim" law he introduced more than a decade ago to make a Parliament House department exempt from Freedom of Information requests.
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