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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose NSW state correspondent

Chris Minns orders review of termination payouts for senior NSW public servants

The NSW premier, Chris Minns
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, says he understands community concern about large separation payments made to sacked senior police media executives. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Supersized termination payouts for New South Wales public servants will be reviewed by the state government after it was revealed police had forked out almost $700,000 to remove three senior media officers since 2022.

The premier, Chris Minns, has ordered a review of the act that sets the rate of payouts after Guardian Australia revealed NSW police had paid out $687,000 in total to three dumped police media executives over the past two years.

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