West Australians have just had imposed on them a new Premier who wasn’t even wanted by his own Labor faction, those colleagues who would surely best know him and his abilities.
Sanja Spasojevic was sacked for taking unauthorised leave but her lawyer says she had the blessing of Cook, who was the ultimate rule maker in their office.
Parliamentary guidelines ban electorate officers from doing party political work while on the clock but a leaked ‘training calendar’ gives insight into the hours staff in MPs offices spend on Labor Party business.
News of the investigation comes after a former Labor staffer revealed under oath that she used to conduct party business while working for a senior Labor MP.
When asked whether a G2G pass forwarded by an MP or minister’s office gave the application more weight McGowan said members weren’t going to ignore applications just because there was media attention on the issue.