Tania Mihailuk said Labor’s decision to allow her arch nemesis to run for parliament is proof the party is still plagued by corruption.
After almost 12 years of trying to shake its dark past,NSW Labor has allowed a Bankstown preselection political turf war to breathe new life into it.
Labor senator Penny Wong has said she will not “return anger with anger” over the death of Kimberley Kitching in a parliamentary tribute to the late senator this morning.
Former Labor MP Rod Mackenzie put “Parliament before party” when he crossed the floor in 1987. It put him on collision course with a party that has cultivated a special hatred for dissenters.
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”.
“Frankly these claims are fantasy,have no basis in fact ... I won’t dignify the stuff that’s said about me,I’m not going to,” the Premier said.
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.
The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission will investigate allegations of “serious corrupt conduct” and misuse of public money by serving and former Labor politicians.
The Hunter Valley MP has again attacked his own party over its position on energy policy.
Policy hardhead,factional warlord,past his prime. Much is said about Australia’s longest-serving senator,but he’s made it clear he has not finished yet.
New NSW Labor leader Chris Minns will spend the weekend working on the shadow cabinet he will take to the election.