Sacked Home Affairs Secretary May Lose Order of Australia Award

Published on March 29, 2024

Former Home Affairs Department Secretary Mike Pezzullo—sacked in November after an inquiry found he had exchanged thousands of text messages with Liberal powerbroker and lobbyist Scott Briggs during the previous Morrison government—may lose his Order of Australia (OA) award. Mr. Pezzullo was awarded the honour in 2020 for distinguished services to public administration through leadership roles in the areas of national security, border control, and immigration. A review by former Medicare boss Lynelle Briggs, commissioned by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil, recommended Mr. Pezzullo’s removal after finding he breached the code of conduct at least 14 times. The investigation came after a series of reports in The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age that revealed Mr. Pezzullo shared inside information about the federal government with Mr. Briggs, and sought to undermine cabinet ministers and public servants, to increase his influence, shape the bureaucracy, and muzzle the media....

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