Speaker of the House David Carter confirmed he received the resignation of Geoff Thorn this morning.
"I have accepted his resignation with some regret,
as during his tenure as General Manager, Mr Thorn has overseen a
significant improvement to the operation of Parliamentary Service," Mr
Carter says.
"However, both he and I
acknowledge that the confidence in Parliamentary Service has been
undermined by events in recent weeks, and as General Manager he accepts
responsibility for this."
Mr Thorn's last day will be tomorrow. He will receive three months' salary and any entitlements he has owing to him.
The resignation follows a recent scandal involving the release of political journalist Andrea Vance's phone records and MP Peter Dunne to a ministerial inquiry into the leak of a GCSB report.
David Stevenson, currently the Group Manager, Precinct Services will step in as acting general manager role from 5pm Friday.
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Online Reporter
Thursday 01 Aug 2013 3:37p.m.
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