'Everyone knew what was going on'
Adem Somyurek was a factional operator of such prodigious drive and ambition that he almost single-handedly took control of the Victorian Labor Party. But someone was determined to stop him.
The secret camera, perched in the corner of an electorate office in suburban Melbourne, captured the grubby reality of Labor politics: a minister of the crown directing branch stacking by two young staff members.
The office belonged to Anthony Byrne, a low-profile federal MP who holds a sensitive position as the ranking Labor member of the parliamentary committee that oversees the intelligence services.
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