NSW police anti-corruption head says minister tried to influence hiring

Troy Grant says accusation union guided his staffing decisions is ‘offensive’ and ‘completely untrue’

The head of the New South Wales police anti-corruption watchdog has claimed that the state’s police minister, Troy Grant, improperly sought to influence staffing decisions in order to placate the police union.

In an explosive NSW budget estimates hearing on Thursday, the head of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, former supreme court justice Michael Adams, alleged Grant had told him not to hire senior officers from the former Police Integrity Commission.

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