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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

Buck passed on ESA as Gentleman defers to public service to fix agency

Emergency Services Minister Mick Gentleman. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Emergency Services Minister Mick Gentleman says the findings of a review into his agency are "concerning", but would not say whether he remained confident in the agency's commissioner, Georgeina Whelan.

Mick Gentleman said it would be up to the public service to implement the recommendations of the management review, after the firefighters' union and opposition called for him to be stood aside and another minister appointed to overhaul the agency.

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