Fronting a press conference on Thursday for the first time since Professor Peter Coaldrake’s report was published two days earlier,Palaszczuk had said she was “not troubled” by it and stopped short of issuing an apology.
On Friday,Palaszczuk made an apology to any public servant who has been bullied,and said she “probably wasn’t as clear yesterday as I should have been”.
“The report is serious;of course we take it seriously,” she said.
After suggestions by assistant minister and Maryborough MP Bruce Saunders that he would like to see the names of some of the people who made submissions,whom he suspected may have been “anti-Labor”,Palaszczuk also reiterated such details would remain confidential.
LNP Opposition Leader David Crisafulli said Saunders’ comments were intimidating and his junior minister role was untenable.
“The Premier’s response today,‘Bruce is Bruce’,shows her inability to grasp the magnitude of the cultural problems she has overseen for the past seven years,” he said.