Bureaucrats confirm ambassador tarmac snub but deny Stephen Brady offered resignation

By Heath Aston
Updated May 27 2015 - 2:13am, first published May 26 2015 - 7:57pm
Snub confirmed: Stephen Brady was told by a mid-ranking official that his partner should not be present to greet Abbott's arrival in Paris.  Photo: Stuart Walmsley
Snub confirmed: Stephen Brady was told by a mid-ranking official that his partner should not be present to greet Abbott's arrival in Paris. Photo: Stuart Walmsley

Australia's ambassador to France was told by a mid-ranking hospitality official in the Prime Minister's department that his partner should not be in the "greeting line" when Prime Minister Tony Abbott flew into Paris on Anzac Day.