The upper house MP will be referred to the ALP’s internal disputes tribunal and,if found guilty,will be kicked out for showing “disloyalty to the party”.
Beyond the red shirts scandal,nothing about former Andrews government minister Adem Somyurek’s claims of systemic and systematic corruption is concrete.
Kaushaliya Vaghela faces suspension for breaking party rules,which mandate that MPs vote along party lines unless they have been allowed a conscience vote.
“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.”
Former union leader Bill Kelty has warned that voters could punish Labor after the party axed seven MPs ahead of next year’s state poll.
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.
Polls can be wrong,however,the Premier is still popular given the challenges his government has faced over the past 18 months.
The former Andrews government minister had considered painting a false picture to anti-corruption commission investigators,but in the end he decided to admit to branch stacking.
Former Labor powerbroker is facing his final day in the witness stand in the anti-corruption commission inquiry into branch stacking and misuse of taxpayer money.
The latest investigation may put some MPs off branch stacking,but it continues to flourish because it’s legal,and it works.