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'Culture of corruption' in MP's office: inquiry BRIAN ROBINS
Accused ... Karyn Paluzzano is being investigated by ICAC. Photo: Nick Moir
A NSW Labor MP at the centre of corruption allegations may have fostered a "culture of corruption", an inquiry heard today.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption is holding public hearings into claims that Penrith MP Karyn Paluzzano and her staff may have made false claims relating to staff payments.
Ms Paluzzano has said she raised problems with staff member Tim Horan with the clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Russell Grove.
Advertisement: Story continues belowMr Horan then went to the ICAC and alleged misuse of public money.
Addressing this morning's hearing, counsel assisting the commission, Christine Adamson, QC, pointed to the "culture of corruption" that may have existed in the MP's office.
"There will be an investigation into the circumstances in which a culture may develop of thinking that the ends justify the means and the only relevant end is the re-election of the member [of Parliament] on which the continued employment of all relevant participants depends," Ms Adamson told the hearing.
The inquiry has heard Ms Paluzzano and others devised a scheme to defraud the NSW parliament and benefit her relief staff, including her mother.
It is alleged Ms Paluzzano made false declarations in claim forms for an allowance called sitting day relief, which an MP can claim when one of their permanent electorate officers works at Parliament House on a sitting day.
The allowance covers the wages of relief staff who work in the MP’s office to replace a staff member working at Parliament House.
The ICAC inquiry has heard that between August 2006 and June 2007, 22 sitting day relief forms were submitted by the Penrith electorate.
‘‘It is expected that this inquiry will demonstrate many of these claim forms were false,’’ Ms Adamson said.
The inquiry will also examine whether Ms Paluzzano falsely recovered from parliament the cost of sending letters to her constituents, by misrepresenting that the letters had been approved for payment from her electorate mailout account when they had not.
Ms Paluzzano holds the post of parliamentary secretary for education.
Premier Kristina Keneally last week refused to stand her aside while the ICAC inquiry is under way.
Ms Paluzzano said last week she was unable to comment. |
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