I want to acknowledge the very unfortunate circumstance today in Budget Estimates hearings whereby the ultimate outcome of an Employment Direction 5 investigation was publicly disclosed before the complainant had been advised.
The comments by the Secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Jenny Gale, were intended to correct the inaccurate assertions being made by the Leader of the Opposition, Rebecca White, about the outcome of the investigation.
It was not Ms Gale’s intention to cause distress to the employee involved.
I can advise Ms Gale has written to the complainant to apologise unreservedly.