Independent MP Catherine Cumming hires her children and friends as staffers
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Victorian MP said there was 'plenty of online training' for her children and friends to learn in taxpayer-funded jobs
A Victorian MP has hired her teenage children on taxpayer-funded salaries to work in her electorate office, saying there is "plenty of online training" for them to learn the job.
Independent upper house MP Catherine Cumming told the Herald Sun she obviously had "trust issues" with staff and felt the need to "surround myself with people I can trust and who are capable of doing the job".
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