Perth powerbrokers and the court cases that shaped 2022
From tech billionaires and mining magnates to our top lawmaker, several of Perth’s most prominent powerbrokers found themselves before the courts in the past year.
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From tech billionaires and mining magnates to our top lawmaker, several of Perth’s most prominent powerbrokers found themselves before the courts in the past year.
Former Liberal MP Brian Ellis pleaded guilty to misleading the CCC, and hindering its investigation by lying under oath and throwing his phone off a jetty.
Parliamentary guidelines ban electorate officers from doing party political work while on the clock but a leaked ‘training calendar’ gives insight into the hours staff in MPs offices spend on Labor Party business.
CCC notices have been served on the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Parliament House, the Labor Party of Western Australia as well as a number of ministers and senior party MPs.
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