The Legislative Assembly has ordered the Labor government to publish “secret” data about how much each ministerial office spends on staffing, following a motion by Opposition Leader Leanne Castley.
“Today’s order sends a clear message to government that the era of secrecy is over,” Ms Castley said.
The Assembly’s direction requires the government to publish the data, including total staffing expenditure for each ministerial office for each of the last five years and the current financial year, within 14 days.
Castley said staffing details have been a tightly-kept secret for the entire tenure of the Labor government and even ministers were not informed about the staffing entitlements of other ministerial offices.
Typically, the government only discloses total staffing numbers and overall expenditure, with the most recent data dating back to 2022-23.
News all day, every day at CityNews.com.au.
Who can be trusted?
In a world of spin and confusion, there’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in Canberra.
If you trust our work online and want to enforce the power of independent voices, I invite you to make a small contribution.
Every dollar of support is invested back into our journalism to help keep citynews.com.au strong and free.
Thank you,
Ian Meikle, editor
Leave a Reply