When this poor assistant applied to work for MP Emma Husar, picking up her dog’s poo probably wasn’t in the job description.
But this may well be the staffer’s final dump duty after the embattled Labor backbencher went on personal leave over accusations she treats her staff like slaves.
Seven News footage showed the assistant walking Ms Husar’s dog Thomas outside her Penrith electorate office.
When this poor assistant applied to work for MP Emma Husar, picking up her dog’s poo probably wasn’t in the job description
Embattled Labor MP Emma Husar has taken personal leave amid allegations she used staff to mind her children and clean up after her dog
When Thomas leaves a steaming mess on the roadside, the assistant gets down on one knee and picks it up using the traditional bag-over-hand technique.
She then pops the poop in the bin and carries on with her day.
Last night Ms Hassar announced she was taking personal leave as she faces a Labor investigation into allegations of workplace bullying and harassment which she denies.
One former staff member alleged Ms Husar called employees ‘c***s’ and ‘f***wits’.
Others have accused her of making staff babysit her children during and outside work hours and clean up after her dog.
Ms Husar is also accused of charging taxpayers over $2,000 in the past year to drive around in a limousine.
The member for the western Sydney seat of Lindsay made the Comcar trips from June last year to attend multiple functions in the Harbour City, according to Fairfax.
She also allegedly used the Comcar service to visit her divorce lawyer, The Australian reported. Ms Husar declined to comment on that allegation.
Ms Husar (pictured left with Opposition Leader Bill Shorten) was previoulsy accused of telling a man working in her electorate office to do the dishes to ‘learn about white male privilege’
Comcar provides politicians car-with-driver services, which backbenchers are entitled to use in Canberra or when on business outside of their home state.
They can also use the service when travelling to and from the airport in their home town, but are expected to use their publicly-funded private vehicles to attend local functions.
Ms Husar defended her use of the Comcar service through Bill Shorten, stating there was limited parking which made it difficult for her to use her own car.
The MPs electorate office has seen a high turnover of staff since she won her marginal seat at the July 2016 elections, with 20 people resigning during the past two years.
Earlier this week, a former male staffer claimed to Sky News he was instructed to do the dishes to learn about his ‘white male privilege’.
In a Friday phone conference, Labor bosses were said to have questioned how Husar’s alleged behaviour could have gone unchecked for so long, given the turnover of more than 20 staff members in just two years.
She has now announced she will take personal leave effective immediately
Ms Husar has defended her use of the Comcar service stating there was limited parking which made it difficult for her to use her own car
These revelations come as Ms Husar is already facing accusations of bullying and abusing staff
Ms Husar denied staff had raised issues with her before the investigation was launched in March.
In her statement, Ms Hassar said the last few days had been very difficult for her and her family.
‘I have written to the chief opposition whip to advise him that I will be taking personal leave, effective immediately,’ her statement said.
‘I’m a single mum and my first priority is the safety and wellbeing of my children.
‘The best thing for me and my family right now is for us to be out of the spotlight so I can access support.’
‘I love my job and I am incredibly passionate about representing the Lindsay community I have lived in my whole life. My community doesn’t get the air time it deserves and I am working hard to change that,’ she said in a statement issued last week.
‘My office is a professional and respectful workplace. It should not be perceived in any other way, and of course I am sorry if any person has been given reason to think otherwise.
‘I am a single mum with three children, working hard and doing my best. If I have let anyone down, I apologise.’
Australian Federal Opposition leader Bill Shorten (centre) greets locals with federal member for Lindsay Emma Husar (second right)
Ms Husar, who hails from Labor’s right faction, vehemently denied the allegations leveled against her but did not specifically refute individual claims