The following material on the Operation Watts IBAC enquiry into allegations of corrupt conduct involving Victorian public officers related to Victorian ALP branch stacking is taken from the Age and the Guardian coverage and the IBAC website. "Significant cultural change within the party" is … [Read more...] about IBAC enquiry into branch stacking practices & actions arising
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Returning from parental leave – how it started
Thanks to Anika Wells MP for this tweet on returning from parental leave. All factions, all parties, all stepping out together. How it started and how its going ... All praise to Sydney Morning Herald photographer Alex Ellinghausen @ellinghausen Centre: Anika Wells (ALP Member for … [Read more...] about Returning from parental leave – how it started
The rise and rise and fall of Adem Somyurek – by Guy Rundle, Jacobin, 20 June 2020
There’s nothing strange about branch stacking, but what was unusual in rise and fall of Adem Somyurek was the amassing of enormous power by one man, a junior minister and member of Victoria’s upper house. How could this occur? Somyurek and his officers were caught on video forging signatures and … [Read more...] about The rise and rise and fall of Adem Somyurek – by Guy Rundle, Jacobin, 20 June 2020