{"id":18720,"date":"2024-11-25T00:13:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:13:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18720"},"modified":"2024-11-25T00:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T00:13:53","slug":"deputy-prime-minister-sued-by-his-own-chief-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18720","title":{"rendered":"Deputy prime minister sued by his own chief of staff"},"content":{"rendered":"
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One of the government\u2019s most senior female staffers is suing Defence Minister Richard Marles and the prime minister\u2019s chief of staff, Tim Gartrell, for allegedly ousting her after she complained of bullying by other colleagues.<\/p>\n

The legal team for Jo Tarnawsky, who is still technically Marles\u2019 chief of staff, confirmed she had launched legal proceedings against Marles, Gartrell and the Commonwealth on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Jo Tarnawsky and Richard Marles.<\/span>Credit: <\/span>AAP, Alex Ellinghausen<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tarnawsky\u2019s lawyers \u2013 solicitor Michael Bradley and barrister Rebecca Davern \u2013 claim under the Fair Work Act that the government engaged in adverse action against the staffer by effectively pushing her out of her role after she raised concerns about bullying<\/a> in Marles\u2019 office.<\/p>\n

Last month, the chief of staff alleged she was effectively ousted from her job<\/a> after seeking help for alleged bullying by her colleagues that left her with suicidal thoughts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Marles himself is not accused of bullying Tarnawsky \u2013 who is a former diplomat and one of the most senior women in government \u2013 but she claims he shunted her aside in April to work in a lesser government role despite never previously taking issue with her performance.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy workplace situation remains unresolved,\u201d Tarnawsky said at a press conference in Parliament House on Monday. \u201cToday, after untenable delays and inaction from the government, I\u2019m lodging legal proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking legal action has come at the end of a very long and traumatic road,\u201d she said. \u201cThe government has been afforded multiple opportunities to rectify the wrongs done to me, but it has done nothing except duck and cover, collude and delay.\u201d<\/p>\n

The legal action represents a major test for Labor\u2019s commitment to creating a more respectful workplace culture in parliament as well as a major distraction from the government\u2019s agenda to pass up to 20 pieces of legislation in the last sitting week of the year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: <\/em> politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the government\u2019s most senior female staffers is suing Defence Minister Richard Marles and the prime minister\u2019s chief of staff, Tim Gartrell, for allegedly ousting her after she complained of bullying by other colleagues. The legal team for Jo Tarnawsky, who is still technically Marles\u2019 chief of staff, confirmed she had launched legal proceedings […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18720\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}