Monday, January 31, 2011

Anna Bligh told MP Betty Kiernan to deny her involvement in Xstrata employee sacking, documents show

PREMIER Anna Bligh tried to cover up Labor MP Betty Kiernan's involvement in the sacking of a constituent, government documents show

In documents suggesting Mrs Kiernan confirmed her involvement in the sacking, email records show she initially wanted to defend herself on the basis Mrs Christie sent the asset sales email to others first and had not told her to keep it confidential.
In an early draft statement sent to the Premier's office on July 10, Mrs Kiernan wrote: "The information which was circulated was sent to other parties and no emails were sent to me as strictly confidential.

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