Counsel assisting,Chris Carr,said lawyers for the corruption watchdog had requested documents from the Labor Party but had been rebuffed.
Electorate officers Christine Kelly and Kirsten Psaila are listed to appear as witnesses this week at the hearings probing allegations of corrupt conduct,including misuse of money,involving Victorian public officials.
Rick Garotti was questioned over two days in public anti-corruption commission hearings this week as part of an investigation into the misuse of taxpayer funds and staff for factional activities.
Somali Australian Council of Victoria founder Hussein Haraco has been handed a temporary medical exemption,as IBAC heard taped calls of factional leaders discussing plans to “go racism” in response to questions from reporters.
The head of the firefighters’ union raised the alarm in 2018 about fundraising events that he suspected may have been used improperly to pay for stacking Labor branches.
In a major win for Anthony Albanese and Daniel Andrews,the ALP’s takeover of its Victorian branch amid branch-stacking allegations has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
A community organisation that was awarded grants by the Banyule City Council has been accused of diverting the funds for personal use,a corruption hearing has been told.
The mayor also admitted spending $15,000 of his own money on branch stacking in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
Banyule mayor Rick Garotti has told an anti-corruption inquiry that Nazih Elasmar,the President of the Legislative Council,was involved in a branch-stacking operation.
Branch stacking rewards unethical behaviour and breeds cynicism towards all parties. It needs to be stamped out.
He wielded unprecedented influence in Labor,but the operation that got him there was held together with ‘crazy glue’. How did he stay on top for so long?