Deborah Glass says she’s ‘not prepared to spend further public resources on these matters’
said he had done “absolutely nothing wrong”
Earlier this year Somyurek successfully passed a motion in parliament’s upper house to refer the scheme back to the ombudsman. He said he had been aware of “the essence” of the scheme but had no concerns, believing it was in accordance with the rules or advice from the Department of Parliamentary Services.Glass’s report said there was no new evidence indicating the premier’s involvement in the scheme since her 2018 report “other than unsupported claims made by Mr Somyurek”.
“But it is also a product of the unsatisfactory state of the law in relation to the misuse of public funds, and an inadequate system for investigating and sanctioning MPs who break the rules.”
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