Former Gaurav Sharma staffer urges MP to move on, stop breaching confidentiality after …

WEBSITE OF THE YEARAPP OF THE YEAR29 Aug, 2022 07:53 AM4 mins to readLabour MP Gaurav Sharma leaving after being expelled from caucus. Photo / Mark Mitchell.A former staff member of exiled MP Gaurav Sharma said he needs to move on with his life and not post lengthy social media essays about the alleged poor performance of his former staff.Sharma posted a 4700-word post about what he alleged was poor performance of his former staff and the way his complaints were handled by Parliamentary Service and the Labour Party.One former staff member speaking to the Herald anonymously urged Sharma to move on.”Stop dragging this out,” they said.”This is a breach of our confidentiality. It’s bringing up past trauma – we’ve already lived it once,” they said.The staffer had previously spoken to the Herald about how Parliamentary Service, the employer of staff who work at Parliament and in electorates, had to arrange counselling for them after working with Sharma had made them feel depressed and want to self-harm.They were staggered that Sharma, knowing this, would seek to relitigate their employment in public.The staffer said that all of the former staff Sharma had fallen out with had kept confidentiality and tried to…
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