A junior LNP minister has been reported spending some $750,000 on staff travel in 18 months, including $108,000 on airfares and $31,000 in travel allowance for a single Canberra-based staffer who is under scrutiny for bullying claims.
Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt has been accused of enabling his senior adviser to create a toxic work environment of bullying intimidation which resulted in a secret enquiry into the minister’s office.
Then chief of staff Clive Mathieson is quoted as being shocked and surprised by the figures which are second only to those of senior minister Julie Bishop in WA.