The Home Affairs (née Immigration and Border Protection) Secretary has launched a 1900-word rant on his "philosophy" at his senior staff, mixing absurdities with a treasure trove of bureaucratic cliches.
Mike Pezzullo
Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo has fired off an eccentric 1900-word letter to his senior executive service (SES) staff laying out his "general leadership philosophy" and urging them to embrace it. "It is important that we are aligned in terms of how to lead," he tells his senior staff in a document forwarded to Crikey.
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