Australian Federal Police have been asked to investigate whether a job offer to the the human rights watchdog head in exchange for her resignation has broken the criminal code.
Gillian Triggs claims the government sought her resignation as Australian Human Rights Commission president and put a senior legal role on the table.
She declined to describe it as an inducement.
A Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday heard Attorney-General’s Department boss Chris Moraitis had made a job offer after conveying the minister’s lack of confidence in her.
Opposition legal affairs spokesman Mark Dreyfus has written to the federal police calling for an investigation.
“This is potentially unlawful conduct in breach of the criminal law of the Commonwealth,” he told ABC Radio.
source: www.dailymail.co.uk
STUDIO 3 NEWCASTLE AUSTRALIA 