Parramatta
‘I shouldn’t have said that’: Sacked Parramatta council boss makes concessions on the ICAC stand
Connolly is accused of subverting recruitment practices, disclosing confidential information for her own benefit and spying on council staff and an elected official.
- Anthony Segaert
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Sacked council CEO denies saying staff ‘dressed like homeless people’, ICAC hears
On her third day as a witness at the inquiry, Gail Connolly was asked about the departures of former staff members.
- Anthony Segaert and Cindy Yin
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- ICAC
As Parramatta ICAC inquiry hears of alleged corrupt conduct, councillors debate its severity
“There are different levels of corruption”, one councillor told her colleagues about the allegations aired at the ICAC.
- Anthony Segaert
ICAC Operation Navarra as it happened: Ousted Parramatta Council CEO Gail Connolly breaks down again as she tells ICAC she sent anonymous email
Gail Connolly is accused of spying on staff and a councillor and misusing council information, processes and public money. Follow live.
- Ellie Busby and Anthony Segaert
- Analysis
- ICAC
The quick and quiet cracks as Connolly takes the stand at ICAC
Before her tears, the former Parramatta Council boss appeared steely rather than brittle. She arrived flanked by a legal team conspicuous for their flashes of pink.
- Michael Ruffles
ICAC Operation Navarra as it happened: Ousted Parramatta Council CEO Gail Connolly gives evidence, breaks down
The ICAC is investigating whether Connolly subverted recruitment processes to benefit her friends and whether she spied on staff and a councillor.
- Anthony Segaert, Ellie Busby and Michael Ruffles
Former Parramatta council boss pressured staffer to resign, ICAC hears
Ex-CEO Gail Connolly pressured a staffer to leave over critical messages and declared she never put her own complaints “in writing”, the inquiry heard.
- Ellie Busby
‘I liked being Cher’: Parramatta council staff on being labelled the ‘Witches of Eastwick’
Texts from former council boss Gail Connolly reveal she wanted to “get rid of” staff and that the “Pink Ladies play the long game”, the ICAC has heard.
- Ellie Busby
‘Not Granny Smith stuff’: Parramatta Council CEO helped edit friend’s resume then hired her, ICAC hears
Angela Jones-Blayney spent a second day in the witness box, this time explaining why she had deleted texts with interview questions in them.
- Ellie Busby
‘Stack it with our good people’: Text messages show Parramatta’s Pink Ladies plotted to bring staff to council, ICAC hears
A council executive sent derisive messages to the former chief executive about employees, months before either of them were hired.
- Ellie Busby