First Nations leaders are demanding a formal investigation into claims made by Brendan Moyle, former head of the ACT Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, that senior ACT public servants blocked work on government commitments to Indigenous people and ignored concerns about the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff. Mr Moyle’s allegations surfaced after independent MLA Thomas Emerson’s freedom of information request revealed he had raised internal concerns over two years before resigning in November.
Mr Emerson has called for the Chief Minister to launch a formal investigation with public findings and appropriate consequences, and said the matter could be referred to the Integrity Commission, the ACT Ombudsman, or the Public Sector Standards Commissioner.
“The Chief Minister signed the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Agreement in 2019,” Mr Emerson said. “Faced with allegations that senior public servants have operated in ways that are ‘completely contrary to’ the terms of that agreement, I’m struggling to understand why the Chief Minister hasn’t already asked the Integrity Commission or ACT Ombudsman to investigate this matter.”
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