Victorian government asks police, Ibac to investigate proposed deal with Liberal donor

Matthew Guy's chief of staff, Mitch Catlin, resigns over proposal for party donor to pay his company $8,333 a month

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The Victorian government has asked police and integrity bodies to investigate revelations the opposition leader's chief of staff proposed to ask a Liberal party donor to make more than $100,000 in payments to his business, citing concerns about the compliance of the proposed deal with donation laws.

Mitch Catlin resigned on Tuesday morning, after the Age revealed he had forwarded a proposed contract to the state Liberal leader, Matthew Guy, last year that would have required a donor to pay $8,333 a month to his company, Catchy Media Marketing and Management, for services described as supporting business interests".

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