Victorian Labor may face national intervention over branch-stacking allegations

Intervention, which could happen as early as Tuesday, follows allegations the rightwing powerbroker Adem Somyurek took part in substantial branch stacking

Labor's national executive is poised to consider an audit of party membership in Victoria, and administrative intervention, after allegations the controversial right wing powerbroker Adem Somyurek paid for branch memberships as part of a substantial stacking operation in the state.

Somyurek on Monday resigned his membership of the Victorian ALP after the Nine Network reported on Sunday night that he orchestrated the payment of party memberships. The disgraced powerbroker resigned before he could he could be expelled by the party's national executive, and he was sacked from the state ministry by the premier Daniel Andrews.