Ex-premier Andrews Denies Public Service Is Politicised

Published on December 9, 2023

Former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews denies the public service has been politicised, saying rather that some people who are interested in politics are also interested in public policy. In an hour-long interview, Mr. Andrews was asked about the Victorian Ombudsman’s latest report into the state’s public sector. The report, published on Dec. 6, did not find that the public service had been improperly stacked with Labor operatives but it had been politicised in “other, equally pervasive ways.” Mr. Andrews denied a person’s political persuasion influenced whether or not they were employed in the public service. “Is it such a bolt from the blue that people who are involved in politics might also be involved in public policy?” he told the Socially Democratic podcast....

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