Politics
Golden handshake for top bureaucrat
A top Tasmanian bureaucrat has been given a payout.
The former Infrastructure Department secretary Mark Addis has been handed a year’s entitlement based on his annual salary of $295,000.
He has also received $20,000 in compensation for the loss of use of a motor vehicle.
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He recently ended his role in a national inquiry into the pulp and paper industry.
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The former head of the Environment Department, Scott Gadd, was the last high-profile public servant to receive a hefty payout.