00:02Under parliamentary privilege, Cherie Minnican-Smith yesterday told a committee she was made to campaign for then-Liberal candidate Jane
00:10Howlett in the lead-up to the 2024 state election, while employed as a government advisor.
00:17Parliamentary staff can't conduct party activities during work hours.
00:21If the government is taking this seriously, as it should, it needs to undertake a full investigation of the matter
00:27so we can understand exactly what happened.
00:28The government disputes the claims.
00:30There's been some disputed claims made by an ex-staff member and we need to go through that carefully and
00:38have a look at exactly what was said.
00:39Political analyst Dr Robert Hortle says breaches can be difficult to prove under current regulations.
00:46It can be really tricky to determine whether the partisan political activity took place during work hours, which is not
00:53allowed, or whether it was outside of work hours, which is allowed.
00:56A report released this week by the state's integrity commission hopes to fix that.
01:01It's made 20 recommendations, including making MPs certify that their staff haven't engaged in partisan activities during paid work hours.
01:10So things like that kind of impose a clear obligation both on staffers and on MPs and ministers.
01:19We'll be looking at the recommendations really carefully and then we'll form a position.
01:22We'll joinثments for the late zoom report.
01:23You.
01:25Probably one more time.
01:25We'll look at this at the same time.
01:25One more time at 20,000 Rose, you can review all the actions.
01:26That's why.
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