ICAC Operation Navarra LIVE updates: Ousted Parramatta Council CEO Gail Connolly returns to stand for second day
Gail Connolly, the ousted Parramatta Council CEO, continued her testimony at the ICAC Operation Navarra. During the proceedings, she claimed that three senior staff members had resigned, although evidence suggested they were actually paid redundancies. Connolly expressed concerns about former staff leaking information regarding their payouts, prompting her to issue legal reminders about confidentiality.
- ▪Gail Connolly claimed to have had three resignations shortly after starting her role.
- ▪The ICAC revealed that these resignations were actually paid redundancies.
- ▪Connolly stated she was not required to inform councillors about the exits of senior staff.
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Pinned post from 1.08pmGo to latestHere’s the latestBy Anthony SegaertAs we hit a lunch break, here’s everything you need to know about the morning of evidence:Gail Connolly boasted with Pink Lady friends (who would soon become colleagues) that she had had three “resignations” – “all of which were not directly initiated by me” – in as many weeks as she’d worked there, in a series of texts aired at the commission.But the ICAC heard evidence that the “resignations” were, in fact, paid out as redundancies.Connolly said she didn’t need to tell councillors about the exits of senior staff because legislation only required that to occur if they were “appointments or dismissals”.Connolly said she soon became concerned that ex-staff, who had been paid out, were “leaking” information about their…
Excerpt limited to ~120 words for fair-use compliance. The full article is at The Sydney Morning Herald.