Sally Rugg has upped the ante in her litigation against the commonwealth and independent MP Monique Ryan, warning she will add a claim of “serious contravention” by the commonwealth for the “knowing and systematic” breach of labour standards.
Rugg’s lawyers, Maurice Blackburn, revealed the aggressive legal strategy in a statement on Thursday, after mediation failed to resolve the dispute between the MP, her chief of staff and the commonwealth, which employs parliamentary staff.
