Australia politics live: Dennis Richardson says he quit royal commission into antisemitism because he was ‘surplus to requirements’

From 1h ago 20.51 GMT Richardson says he felt he was ‘surplus’ to needs of royal commission Dennis Richardson says his decision to resign from the royal commission into antisemitism had nothing to do with the government, but says he came to the decision that he was “surplus” to the needs of the body. He spoke to RN Breakfast this morning, saying: double quotation mark I think probably there wasn’t enough discussion right at the beginning about the precise way things would work, and ultimately I came to the [decision] that I was surplus to requirements. Richardson says he believes the royal commission will do a “highly professional job”. Dennis Richardson. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP Share Updated at 21.00 GMT

7m ago 22.04 GMT Dennis Richardson says he was ‘way overpaid’ for royal commission role Richardson called into the ABC to clarify his remarks on his salary for his work on the royal commission, saying it was actually too large for the work he was doing. He told ABC Radio Canberra: double quotation mark It would be quite wrong to suggest that a royal commission is bogged down in legalese that is unnecessary. But it does take a certain amount of time and at the end of the day, to be very blunt, I was being way overpaid for what I was doing. Share Updated at 22.07 GMT

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