In late-night speech, Tania Mihailuk links Bankstown mayor and Labor candidate Khal Asfour to corrupt former minister Eddie Obeid
Labor frontbencher has used parliamentary privilege to launch a scathing attack on her own party, linking one of its candidates for the next election with corrupt former minister Eddie Obeid and accusing party leaders of ignoring the “horrific influence” of property developers.
Mihailuk, the MP for Bankstown, launched a series of accusations against Asfour about the redevelopment of land in the area, including alleged links to Obeid. Asfour has been nominated by Labor’s right faction for an eight-year term in the state’s upper house at the March state election, but Mihailuk took aim at the party’s leadership, including general secretary Bob Nanva, claiming she had raised concerns about Asfour previously.“I have either written or raised matters in meetings. I remember raising my concerns early on with [former Labor general secretary] Jamie Clements, who was, unsurprisingly, uninterested.
“I met with him on 7 February 2020 at 2.30pm. I relayed my concerns about the horrific influence with respect to developers, the pressure on councillors, the unusual party members joining up and the myriad of documents that have been presented to party office and respective authorities over the years.”
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