The ICAC is investigating whether Connolly subverted recruitment processes to benefit her friends and whether she spied on staff and a councillor.

Ex-CEO Gail Connolly pressured a staffer to leave over critical messages and declared she never put her own complaints “in writing”, the inquiry heard.

The ICAC is investigating whether Connolly subverted recruitment processes to benefit her friends and whether she spied on staff and a councillor.