The report is due to be released so he's pulled the plug that should fix everything, reports say there could be 20 MP's involved don't mention the war. Andrews said the Labor Party has done nothing wrong. That my friends is the Labor way.


Former Victorian treasurer John Lenders resigns from VicTrack
Matt Johnston and Alex White, Herald Sun March 20, 2018 11:31am



A KEY architect of Labor’s rorts-for-votes scheme has resigned from a prized taxpayer-funded job ahead of Wednesday’s release of a major ­Ombudsman investigation into the scandal.

Former treasurer John Lenders’ resignation as chair of the ­government-run rail company, VicTrack, was confirmed on Monday.

He wrote to the Andrews Government two weeks ago to advise he would pull out of the reappointment process.

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“I write to advise that I wish to withdraw my name for reappointment as Chair of VicTrack,” the letter said.

The former state treasurer said a “very busy” year ahead, including helping care for his new grandchildren, had helped him reach the decision.

“Given the need for VicTrack to remain very focused on doing its part on delivering the State’s transport agenda, I do not think it appropriate that I seek reappointment at this time,” it said.

The decision to withdraw from the well-paid position comes ahead of the release of an Ombudsman’s report that is expected to focus on Mr Lenders’s role in the last election campaign.

The Herald Sun revealed in September, 2015, that Labor had rorted hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds to help pay for its 2014 state election campaign that saw Daniel Andrews voted in as premier.

Ms Glass launched a two-year investigation, prompted by a series of reports in the Herald Sun, examining Labor’s use of public money to bankroll a 20-plus team who directed a 5000-strong army of volunteer campaigners, dubbed the red shirts.

ALP whistleblowers had outlined how taxpayer-funded staff employed by the parliament to work for individual MPs running their electorate officers, instead worked as “field organisers” to doorknock and run phone databases on key voters in marginal seats.

More than 20 Labor MPs are believed to have been implicated in the rip-off.

Premier Daniel Andrews has insisted that the party did nothing wrong when it manipulated parliamentary allowances.

In 2015, Mr Andrews said he took responsibility for what had happened as leader of the party at the time of the 2014 campaign.

“I take responsibility for each and every thing that happens under my leadership of the Labor Party and my leadership of the government,” he said at the time.

Mr Lenders, who was leader of the opposition in the Legislative Council before the last election, was one of the architects of the scheme and is also likely to face intense scrutiny.

The ombudsman was initially blocked from starting a probe by the Andrews Government, which wasted up to $1 million of taxpayer funds taking the matter to the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court.

It had unsuccessfully argued the ombudsman didn’t have the power to investigate MPs from the Legislative Assembly after a referral from the Legislative Council.

The sophisticated rort by Labor involved field organisers working full-time, but only being paid by the party for three days a week, with the State Parliament paying for two days.

In 2015, the Herald Sun reported that some organisers questioned whether the so-called “60:40 split” was legal.

According to whistleblowers they were told it was a “grey area” but should be okay.

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Does anyone really think Victorians will elect the mobsters' mate Guy?

Bam wrote on Mar 20^th, 2018 at 11:25pm:


They elected the mobster's mate Tefi.