Former senior Education Department bureaucrat Jeff Hunt paid $100k while suspended

A former senior Education Department bureaucrat — who was stood down over a corruption probe involving the selection of a Brisbane school principal — has received almost $100, 0000 while suspended.

Jeff Hunt was stood aside from his role as deputy Director-General of Corporate Services in May after the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) launched an investigation into the recruitment and selection process for the principal of the Inner City South Secondary College in Brisbane’s Dutton Park.

The probe looked at the involvement of then deputy premier Jackie Trad, who represented…