Husar has strongly rejected allegations levelled at her since 19 July when BuzzFeed revealed she was under investigation by New South Wales Labor after bullying and harassment complaints from her staff. The story made her a subject of intense media interest and it eventually forced her to announce she would not recontest her seat of Lindsay, and would serve out her remaining time on the Labor backbench.
But on 10 August, just says after she announced her decision to quit parliament, NSW Labor said the independent investigation had found no need for her to resign, concluding that the allegations of lewd conduct and sexual harassment were not supported.
It is a hard seat to run in. I absolutely love my job as an MP and my community has been incredibly supportive over this time. But I think that people would use that against me forever.
I have released all of my electronic diary to them to ratify the expenses and also where I was and what I was doing and who I was doing it with. When I've had to take flights, I have used economy class. You know, technically I have the right to fly business class, but I don't see that's, you know, a really responsible use. I drive my car to and from Canberra. But she said the reporting of unsubstantiated — and later disproven — allegations of lewd behaviour in her office were the claims that ruined her career.
