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Connolly asked about using 'dead rabbit' to stall exit negotiations
At the ICAC's public inquiry into Gail Connolly and other staff at the City of Parramatta, Connolly is asked about the death of an executive director's child's pet rabbit and if she used it to stall the negotiations for the exit of a staff member.











