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'The universe has got a plan for us all': Pezzullo speaks out

Former Home Affairs boss says he 'made mistakes' but is moving on.

The Canberra Times

Scott Morrison absent as Cook Liberals sharpen knives over parachuting saga

The selection of an outsider in Morrison’s safe seat of Cook with the backing of party bigwigs has angered local Liberals.

Crikey

Coalition plan to privatise visa processing to be subject of new inquiry

Announcement comes after revelation Infosys had 46 meetings with lobbyist Scott Briggs to discuss bid for IT work

The Guardian - AU

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Hypocritical Pezzullo brought undone by the media he railed at

Goodbye to Mike Pezzullo — the hard-line bureaucrat who railed at leakers while himself leaking. Now that hypocrisy has caught up with him.

Crikey

Mike Pezzullo sacked after scathing findings accusing him of misusing his position

The government has sacked the secretary of the Home Affairs department, Mike Pezzullo, after an inquiry found he had breached the Public Service Code of Conduct.

The Conversation

Sidelined home affairs boss on full pay during probe

Sidelined home affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo remains on his full pay package of $915,000 while his conduct is being investigated following leaked texts.

AAP

From Pezzullo to PwC, people really like failing their own very public standards

It has been an incredible week for the glorious political art of doing the exact things one has loudly condemned in the past.

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Exposure of Pezzullo raises more questions about Collaery prosecution

Mike Pezzullo’s role in Bernard Collaery’s trial should be under scrutiny in light of revelations about his ties with Liberal figure Scott Briggs.

Crikey

Pezzullo thinks leakers should be jailed. Does that apply when he leaks documents?

Mike Pezzullo was quick with a briefing after the Christchurch massacre. He was a lot slower on right-wing terrorism beforehand, though.

Crikey

'Player' Mike Pezzullo undone by power play

His addiction to texting is certainly bipartisan.

The Canberra Times

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in APS

What does being impartial really mean? And what should it look like?

The Canberra Times

Pezzullo’s mate Scott Briggs is a man with fingers in many, many pies

Just who is Briggs, the powerbroker and ‘shrewd operator’ who was a long-time confidant of the country’s leaders?

Crikey

How do Pezzullo’s texts stack up against the public service code of conduct?

Unless the leaked messages from the country’s most powerful mandarin are the fraud of the century, he’s a goner.

Crikey

If Mike Pezzullo doesn’t like parliamentary democracy, he shouldn’t work for one

A worldview like his is antithetical to some basic tenets of Australian democracy, such as a free press and parliamentary scrutiny.

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The Conversation

View from The Hill: 'Player' Mike Pezzullo undone by power play

Mike Pezzullo, one of Canberra’s most powerful and certainly most controversial public servants, cannot survive the revelation of the trove of text messages showing him blatantly inserting himself into the political process.

The Guardian - AU

CPSU and George Brandis say Michael Pezzullo’s position is ‘untenable’

Leaked texts between Pezzullo and Scott Briggs spark widespread calls for home affairs secretary to be sacked

The Conversation

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in the Australian Public Service

The revelations in the Nine newspapers that Mike Pezzullo, secretary of the powerful Home Affairs department, shared with Liberal Party powerbroker Scott Briggs are certainly extraordinary. But, just like the revelations about Robodebt from the royal commission, they must not be treated as an isolated case but as evidence of…

The Independent UK

Senior Australian public servant steps aside during probe of encrypted texts to premiers' friend

A senior Australian public servant has stepped aside while an investigation is underway into allegations that he sent encrypted messages to undermine some ministers and promote others to further his own career

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Meddling mandarins: How Pezzullo’s powerbroking undermines the Westminster system

Public servants are supposed to be apolitical, impartial and act with integrity, otherwise public faith is broken.

Crikey

Meddling mandarins: How Pelluzzo’s powerbroking undermines the Westminster system

Public servants are supposed to be apolitical, impartial and act with integrity, otherwise public faith is broken.

The Guardian - AU

Home affairs department head Michael Pezzullo standing aside pending investigation over leaked texts

The home affairs minister Clare O’Neil said she was ‘aware’ of reporting by Nine of the texts, which include comments about political figures

Crikey

Hot mic Pezzullo

Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo is reported to have sent hundreds of encrypted messages to Liberal powerbroker Scott Briggs in which he denigrated his enemies and tried to protect his allies, and Treasurer Jim Chalmers will spend $41 million on six TAFE centres of excellence and higher apprenticeships.

Newcastle Herald

Late elder inspires Newcastle All Blacks to Murri vs Koori Interstate Challenge

The Newcastle All Blacks take on Erub United at Beenleigh on Saturday.

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