Article 76181 Victorian minister regrets character references for taxi driver who assaulted women, DV accused men and Iran regime supporter

Victorian minister regrets character references for taxi driver who assaulted women, DV accused men and Iran regime supporter

by
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#76181)

Labor's Luba Grigorovitch wrote 33 character references but says she regrets providing them for six individuals and will never write another

Newly promoted Victorian government minister Luba Grigorovitch has apologised for writing 33 character references - including for a taxi driver convicted of assaulting female passengers, two men accused of family violence and a supporter of former Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei - without so much as a Google search.

Grigorovitch issued a statement on Monday night confirming that, since she became the member for Koroit in late 2022, she had provided around 33" character references, including six to individuals that I now know I shouldn't have".

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