BREAKING: The chief of staff to Victoria’s opposition leader has resigned after The Age reported he had asked a wealthy Liberal donor for payments. | annikasmethurst paulsakkal springst
Opposition Leader Matthew Guy’s chief of staff asked a wealthy Liberal Party donor to make more than $100,000 in payments to his private marketing business, in addition to his taxpayer-funded salary.reveal details of the proposed contract, which would have required the donor to pay $8333 a month to Mitch Catlin’s private marketing company, Catchy Media Marketing and Management, for services as a contractor described as “supporting business interests”.
“Hey MG. Attached is the proposed agreement between [the donor] and Catchy Media Marketing and Management,” Catlin wrote in an email, obtained by“It’s as per the original email agreement between you and me.The name of the donor was redacted in the leaked documents.is aware of the identity of the donor – who chose not to sign the contract – but has not named him for privacy reasons.When asked about the contract, a spokesman for Guy said: “No such agreement was entered into.
In addition, Catlin requested the fee increase to $20,833 a month for four months after the state election if the Coalition was unsuccessful in November, potentially bringing the value of the overall contract to more than $195,000. The Coalition would gain a larger budget for staff if it won government.
University of Melbourne integrity expert Professor Jee-Cheong Tham said if the proposal had gone ahead, it could have been argued that it constituted a donation because the Liberal Party was the main beneficiary. Victorian donation laws passed in 2018 require donations above $1050 to be disclosed and limit donations from individuals or organisations to $4210 over four years.
Dr Catherine Williams, a research director at the Centre for Public Integrity, said the lack of a legislated code of conduct for parliamentary advisers in the opposition “is a gaping hole in Victoria’s integrity framework”.that if the opposition leader has a code of conduct for his staff, there is no requirement for it to be made public.
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