She will replace Stephen Leane as Assistant Commissioner for Road Policing Command from next week. Making the Premier’s former chief of staff an Assistant Commissioner undermines Victoria Police’s reputation for political impartiality.”Ĭommander Libby Murphy from Southern Metro Region will also be taking on a new job. “Victorians deserve an apolitical police force. That goes with the job of chief of staff to an opposition leader,” Mr O’Brien said. “Brett Curran - Daniel Andrews’ former chief of staff - is a Labor political warrior. He said no appointment should not proceed until the end of the Lawyer X royal commission “given Brett Curran’s connection to many of the issues being considered by Her Honour, Commissioner McMurdo”. Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien blasted Mr Curran’s promotion as a “major error of judgement”. “But we know that an ongoing commitment is vital if we are to sustain the momentum, and I am confident that Brett will bring that focus and energy the organisation needs to deliver lasting change.” “Over the past five years we have made great progress in driving cultural reforms across Victoria Police. “With 31 years at Victoria Police, he is one of our longest serving commanders, with a proven ability to work through complex matters with skill and sound judgment,” Mr Ashton said. Mr Ashton on Monday said Mr Curran was an “outstanding police officer and leader” and would strive to create safe, respectful and inclusive workplaces in his new role. His promotion to the role was criticised at the time as a potential conflict within both Labor and Liberal ranks.
Mr Curran then worked for Mr Andrews while Labor was in opposition, before he was controversially appointed chief of staff to Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton in 2015.
He was in Mr Cameron’s office when the minister approved a $2.8 million taxpayer-funded payment to gangland lawyer-turned-police informer Nicola Gobbo, just before the 2010 state election. Mr Curran left the force in 2007 to work as the top adviser to then-police minister Bob Cameron.
To enforce "Gender Equality and Inclusion".ĭaniel Andrews’ chief of staff during his time as opposition leader has been promoted to a top Victoria Police role.Ĭommander Brett Curran will take over as Assistant Commissioner for Gender Equality and Inclusion Command from Monday. It will have all the powers of police - the ability to get search warrants, telephone intercepts, powers of arrest - the whole police box and dice. Now there's to be a police command called "Gender Equality and Inclusion".ĭaniel Andrews former Chief of Staff Brett Curran will head it up. When I was a copper there were 8 Assistant Commissioners who headed up commands like Crime, Operations, Traffic, Internal Affairs and the like.
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