The deputy prime minister’s chief of staff, Jo Tarnawsky, is suing her boss and the government, alleging in the federal court that she was punished for raising a bullying complaint and naming a colleague as an alleged perpetrator.
Tarnawsky revealed on Monday that she had begun proceedings for adverse action under the Fair Work Act, naming the commonwealth, her boss Richard Marles and the prime minister’s chief of staff, Tim Gartrell, as respondents. Tarnawsky is not alleging that either Marles or Gartrell bullied her.
