00:02Claims that policies were undermined, ministers were lied to and a workplace that was harming
00:09its employees. That's what Brendan Moyle, who led the Office of Aboriginal and Torres
00:13Strait Islander Affairs for two and a half years until the end of 2025, told ABC Canberra
00:19last week.
00:20People have moved away from Canberra with their own horror experiences, having to go
00:23to hospital, having to go to doctors for extreme depression, suicidality, severe anxiety.
00:30Mr Moyle says discrimination, racism and policy negligence warrant a Board of Inquiry, now backed
00:37up by First Nations community leaders.
00:40If you're serious about these issues, then the best thing you can do is call for an immediate
00:44investigation. I would want to know that if I was the Minister.
00:47Internal government documents indicate advice from Indigenous staff may have been ignored,
00:52undermining agreements with the Commonwealth and the ACT elected body.
00:56Where our voice gets diluted, that's a problem. It affects people that rely on those gaps to
01:04be closed.
01:05The Chief Minister acknowledges there are problems in the workplace.
01:08There are some examples, clearly, where agencies and individuals need to do better and there
01:14are examples that are, I think, evident of a challenge that is broader than just the public
01:20service that reflects society and community attitudes.
01:24Late this afternoon, the ABC learned Mr Moyle's allegations have been referred to the ACT Public
01:30Sector Standards Commissioner, a body independent of government and the public service.
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