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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amanda Meade

NSW police commissioner backflips on appointment of Steve Jackson as new media adviser

Karen Webb
NSW police commissioner Karen Webb has ‘ceased the temporary appointment’ of a new executive director of the media team. Photograph: Richard Milnes/Shutterstock

The New South Wales police commissioner, Karen Webb, has backflipped on her decision to appoint former Network Seven producer Steve Jackson as her media adviser.

Questions about the appointment were raised last week when images of Jackson, who produced Seven’s Spotlight interview with Bruce Lehrmann, began circulating in the media industry in Sydney. Seven paid more than $100,000 in rent for the former Liberal staffer in return for the exclusive interview.

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