A public servant with a legal background advising the Northern Territory’s top bureaucrat in a Fair Work Commission hearing was secretly texting the senior bureaucrat to prompt her to make certain points, an action described by the Commissioner as reprehensible, a word she also used to describe the NT Commissioner for Public Employment’s attempt to justify it.
The People mentioned in this article are paid $100,000 plus to $250,000 per annum!
NTG, Can we stop employing friends and family?
NTG, Can we review the Special Measures provisions after this debacle?
Federal Courts website:
26. Communication with witnesses under cross-examination
26.1 A solicitor must not confer with any witness (including a party or client) called by the solicitor on any matter related to the proceedings while that witness remains under cross-examination, unless:
…Extreme reasons here…
72. A barrister must not confer with any witness including a party or client called by the barrister on any matter related to the proceedings while that witness remains under cross-examination, unless:
…Extreme reasons here..
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