The voting rights of Labor members have been suspended since June 2020 when an “industrial-scale” branch-stacking scandal meant the party’s national executive took over.
A new parliamentary watchdog will be launched in response to a report that revealed rampant nepotism inside the ALP and prompted an apology from the premier.
The fact such vast powers were needed to expose wrongdoing shows how hard it was to substantiate what was an open secret within Victorian Labor.
“Significant cultural reform is required within the ALP” to rid the party of a culture that encouraged the misuse of public funds,nepotism and other wrongdoing,IBAC says.
“If I was corrupt,we are all corrupt – that’s what I wanted tested at IBAC,” Adem Somyurek says. “Everyone acting with the red shirts scheme was corrupt,including me.”
Seven sitting MPs have been told their political careers are over,escalating the threat of byelections for the Andrews government.
Auditors will examine the grants issued in the gaming and multicultural affairs portfolios under the tenures of two under-pressure MPs.
The Age on Friday revealed detectives were directed by high-ranking officers to make sure that 16 named members of Parliament “not be arrested,photographed,searched if they are interviewed”.
The secret police files from late 2018 reveal detectives were directed by high-ranking officers to make sure that 16 named members of Parliament “not be arrested,photographed,searched”.
Adem Somyurek deleted text messages in which he discussed forging signatures,pleading “temporary insanity” during the fierce factional battle for control of Labor Party branches in Melbourne’s south-east.
The former Labor minister has conceded some of his actions could be categorised as corruption,while admitting he lost all perspective during a factional war and should be condemned for his behaviour.