Pezzullo slams APS 'aversion to accountability'

By Tom McIlroy
Updated September 5 2017 - 11:08am, first published 10:52am
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service CEO Michael Pezzullo during the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee public hearing at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 31 January 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Australian Customs and Border Protection Service CEO Michael Pezzullo during the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee public hearing at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday 31 January 2014. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
SPECIAL ADVISORS Fairfax.NEWS.Canberra.....The Leader of the Opposition Kim Beazley consults with his advisors.....from right....Senior Advisor Michael Pezzullo and Chief of Staff Michael Costello during question time this afternoon in the House of Representatives Thursday 30 November 2000.Picture by Mike Bowers/mpb001130.002.004.jpg
SPECIAL ADVISORS Fairfax.NEWS.Canberra.....The Leader of the Opposition Kim Beazley consults with his advisors.....from right....Senior Advisor Michael Pezzullo and Chief of Staff Michael Costello during question time this afternoon in the House of Representatives Thursday 30 November 2000.Picture by Mike Bowers/mpb001130.002.004.jpg

Hardline Immigration Department boss Mike Pezzullo has called out timidity and risk aversion in the public service, arguing stereotypes of governments avoiding bad news do not exist.

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