Branch stacking by the Victorian Labor Party’s Socialist Left faction is to blame for the policy direction of the Andrews government, a former Labor MP has claimed.
Reporting by The Australian recently uncovered allegations of branch stacking linked to Victorian Energy Minister Lily D'Ambrosio – a close ally of Premier Andrews – with two people registered as Labor party members despite being deceased.
Speaking to Sky News Australia about the scandal, former federal Labor MP Michael Danby – a member of Labor’s right faction – said that this branch stacking by the party’s Socialist Left was the cause of the “toxic policy” of the Victorian government. Mr Danby, who served as the member for Melbourne Ports from 1998 to 2019, pointed out that “the Premier's mate Lily D'Ambrosio” was not being “forced to walk the plank” like the four members of Adem Somyurek’s faction caught in similar branch stacking allegations in 2020.
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