Former Victorian minister lobbied for developer who donated to daughter’s election campaign
A former Victorian government minister secretly lobbied for a developer in exchange for donations to the 2018 election campaign of his daughter, Labor MP Kat Theophanous, the state’s corruption watchdog has found. There is no suggestion of wrongdoing by Kat Theophanous.
“In particular the 2018 campaign for the seat of Northcote, which was contested by Mr Theophanous’ daughter,” the report said. Theo Theophanous was not formally appointed as an AEC lobbyist but engaged in activities including phone calls, text messages and in-person meetings with Victorian ministers and government representative involved in the project, such as the treasurer and member for Werribee, Tim Pallas, the report found.
“I have asked [AEC representative B] to see you today to see how else we can help without getting everyone in trouble … the last thing I want is to be seen doing something wrong. Hope you understand. Thanks.”Four months later, a $10,000 donation was made to the Northcote state election campaign account by a company linked to AEC representative A.
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