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Investigators obtain bank records of transfers between Marlene Kairouz and electorate office manager Kirsten Psaila, hearing told

Electorate officer Kirsten Psaila, who worked for Labor MP Marlene Kairouz, is expected to be quizzed about factional work during taxpayer-funded working hours.

Electorate officers Christine Kelly and Kirsten Psaila are listed to appear as witnesses this week at the hearings probing allegations of corrupt conduct, including misuse of money, involving Victorian public officials.

Increasing numbers of Victorians complained about their treatment by government officials to the Victorian Ombudsman and the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission.

A community organisation that was awarded grants by the Banyule City Council has been accused of diverting the funds for personal use, a corruption hearing has been told.

Somali Australian Council of Victoria founder Hussein Haraco has been handed a temporary medical exemption, as IBAC heard taped calls of factional leaders discussing plans to “go racism” in response to questions from reporters.

The head of the firefighters’ union raised the alarm in 2018 about fundraising events that he suspected may have been used improperly to pay for stacking Labor branches.

The mayor also admitted spending $15,000 of his own money on branch stacking in Melbourne’s northern suburbs.

The Labor leader said it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to have a conversation with an MP who admitted to branch stacking while they’re still giving evidence.

The Labor leader said it wouldn’t be appropriate for him to have a conversation with an MP who admitted to branch stacking while they’re still giving evidence.