[1] In May 2012, Secord won the Australian Press Council Prize (Postgraduate) in Media and Communications at the University of Sydney.
[13] Following Labor's defeat at the Upper Hunter by-election in May 2021, there was speculation that McKay would resign as party leader.
He said it was "well-known that Jodi McKay and [he] have disagreed on key policy, parliamentary and strategic decisions and directions", and that he could no longer serve under her.
[1] Published on 12 August 2022, the Independent Review of Bullying, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct in NSW Parliamentary Workplaces 2022 headed by Elizabeth Broderick outlined a range of inappropriate behaviour that had taken place in NSW Parliament workplaces.
[17] The allegations in the report were made anonymously, as were the identities of the alleged offenders, but a submission obtained by the ABC identified Secord as the MP in the report described as "a vicious manipulative bully who particularly targeted junior staff and young women".
[18] Secord apologised for his behaviour and resigned from the Shadow Ministry on 15 August 2022 in response to the bullying allegations.
Secord addressed the allegations against him in his final speech to the NSW Parliament on 16 November 2022, claiming the allegations against him were the result of a conspiracy between “disgruntled supporters of the former Labor leader and a pocket of vicious anti-Israel actors”: It would be remiss of me if I did not address the elephant in the room.
I admit I was a tough operator in the New South Wales Labor Party and in the Parliament, but I assure you there are tougher ones.
Those cliques comprise mainly disgruntled supporters of the former Labor leader and a pocket of vicious anti-Israel actors.
Addressing the first group, I do not at all regret starting the May 2021 process as shadow Treasurer that eventually saw the removal of the former Opposition leader.