Victorian ministers breached codes in ‘shocking’ misuse of public funds to fuel branch stacking, Ibac finds

There is not enough proof Adem Somyurek and Marlene Kairouz committed criminal offences to recommend prosecution, investigators say

• Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates
• Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast

Two former Daniel Andrews government ministers breached parliamentary codes of conduct when they misused public funds to fuel a vast branch-stacking operation, an integrity investigation has found.

But the investigation by the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission and the Victorian ombudsman found there was not enough proof the former ministers had committed criminal offences to recommend prosecution

Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning