The office move a union leader says would fix a 'powerful disconnect' in the ACT

Ministers should be moved to work in the same offices as their directorate officials to correct a "powerful disconnect" between politicians and public servants in the ACT, a powerful outgoing union leader says.

Greg McConville, who has left the United Firefighters Union after more than a decade at the helm. Picture by Keegan Carroll

Greg McConville, who led the United Firefighters Union in the ACT for more than a decade, also called for greater investment in the seniority and quality of ministers' advisers.