Somyurek’s union allies join power struggle
Adem Somyurek’s former union powerbase will move to strike a new alliance.
Labor Party
Collateral damage from state war
There are far-reaching consequences for Anthony Albanese as a result of a corruption inquiry into the Victorian branch of the ALP.
Inside the ALP hunger games
The ALP reveals its dysfunctional, power-obsessed side as branch stacking and factional brawls become front-page news.
Byrne’s bugging ‘could be illegal’
Labor MP Anthony Byrne’s role in the taping of Adem Somyurek has been labelled unethical and potentially illegal.
Somyurek taping ‘unethical, probably illegal’
Michael Danby, former long-serving Melbourne Labor MP and parliamentary security committee member speaks out.
State Labor MP steps down to clear name
Julia Finn will stand aside from the shadow ministry over allegations of branch stacking within her Sydney electorate.
IBAC, ombudsman join Vic corruption probe
Two foremost integrity agencies will collaborate in a probe into allegations of branch-stacking and corruption in the state ALP.
MP texts his disdain for ALP women
The vitriol that spewed from Anthony Byrne’s mobile knew no bounds as Jamila Rizvi discovered | READ THE TEXTS
‘Who hasn’t used bad language’
Peter Dutton defends Labor MP Anthony Byrne’s private foul-mouthed texts and praises his work on counter-terrorism policy.
‘Assassin’ used media pals to ‘destroy’ rivals
Explosive texts from Labor MP Anthony Byrne reveal he boasted about using the media to ‘destroy’ his enemies.
Albanese to MPs: ‘Do as I say, not as I do’
Anthony Albanese has ‘muzzled’ senior colleagues ahead of the Eden-Monaro by-election.
Spotlight exposes ALP’s ‘invisible man’
Anthony Byrne was the MP everyone was talking about in Canberra this week but he was described as ‘basically invisible’.
Tongue-tied leader does an about-face
After four days ‘duckshoving’ and saying legally he couldn’t talk to Anthony Byrne, Anthony Albanese checks on his ‘welfare’.
Andrews pick’s links to disgraced ex-ministers
The Victorian Labor MP promoted to president of the state’s upper house has close links those embroiled in the branch stacking scandal.
Victorian Labor saga ‘a test for Albanese’
Scott Morrison says it’s up to the Opposition Leader if Anthony Byrne should continue to serve on a powerful parliamentary committee.
Explosive text messages of a Labor political ‘assassin’
Anthony Byrne discussed the ‘decapitation’ of a colleague, savaged Bill Shorten, and wished for Daniel Andrews’s ‘political death’.
Dark arts of Labor business exposed
A Byzantine tangle of factions, deals and enmities, aside from Australian rules football’s tribalism, is Victoria’s blood sport.
Labor must beware Adem’s poison apples
Anthony Albanese has his head in the sand but this is hardly a great by-election look.
ALP leaders holding all the cards
It is a fiction to suggest the downfall of Adem Somyurek and the subsequent ALP national executive intervention is a state issue.
IBAC will look into branch stacking
Victoria’s corruption watchdog has launched an investigation into ‘serious allegations of corrupt conduct’ in the state’s Labor Party.
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