There’s a lot of complicated details surrounding the allegations that the deputy prime minister’s chief of staff has levelled against her boss. Peeking into broken relationships is rarely nice, and that includes professional relationships in politics. As the truism goes, there are always two sides.
Richard Marles’ chief of staff, Jo Tarnawsky, alleges that in a 45-minute phone call on 30 April after she raised a complaint about other staff behaviour, her employer told her to find another job. She further alleges that wasn’t fair.
