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Australian Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg has been sacked after a lengthy review found his conduct with a younger female staffer was inappropriate.
- Roman Quaedvlieg stepped aside from his position in May last year
- He earned more than $500,000 while on leave and under investigation by PM&C and an integrity committee
- He has previously denied any wrongdoing, but one review into his conduct recommended dismissal
Mr Quaedvlieg stepped aside from his $617,000 position in May last year and one review, led by the Prime Minister's department, recommended his dismissal.
His sacking is unprecedented and ends a drawn-out and expensive internal investigation that will trigger a restructure in Peter Dutton's new super-ministry, Home Affairs.
Mr Quaedvlieg, a former chief police officer in the ACT and the inaugural Border Force Commissioner, has previously denied any wrongdoing.
As one of Australia's highest-paid public servants, he earned more than $500,000 on leave, while the Prime Minister's department (PM&C) and the Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity investigated his conduct.
PM&C secretary Martin Parkinson completed a review into Mr Quaedvlieg's conduct last month and handed it to Attorney-General Christian Porter, rather than Mr Dutton.
That decision was made to avoid any appearance of bias and Mr Porter recommended that Governor-General Peter Cosgrove sack Mr Quaedvlieg.
The Federal Executive Council signed off on the decision today in Canberra.
Mr Quaedvlieg was understood to have been deeply frustrated by the length of the investigation, as was the Federal Opposition, which repeatedly demanded answers.
Topics: government-and-politics, immigration, community-and-society, federal-government, australia
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