Ibac branch stacking inquiry told publicly funded staffer spent 80% of time on factional work
by Nino Bucci from World news | The Guardian on (#5QM9B)
An executive assistant in Adem Somyurek's office tells commission she was told to work on ALP factional activities instead of minister's portfolios
A Victorian ministerial staffer being paid by the taxpayer spent as much as 80% of her days doing factional work as part of a vast branch stacking operation, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Committee has been told.
Ellen Schreiber, who was employed as the executive assistant in the ministerial office of Adem Somyurek between January and August 2019, said that instead of dealing with work associated with Somyurek's small business or local government portfolios, the minister advised her and other members of his staff to work on factional activities of the moderate faction.
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