Amidst the shattered remnants of an impartial public service – Pearls and Irritations

Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo during Senate Estimates at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, April 4, 2022. Image: AAP/Mick Tsikas

Will the Mike Pezzullo case be a line in the sand?

The case of the Head of the Department of Home Affairs, Mike Pezzullo, now stood down on full pay, is an extreme manifestation of the fact that in our democracy, too often public servants flout what the High Court said in 2019 is essential: an apolitical bureaucracy.

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