‘Do you want to win the election or not?’ Mr Andrews helped organise the Left during the ’90s, according to the disgraced former MP.

In evidence given to the IBAC investigation into the misuse of taxpayer staff and resources, Mr Somyurek said he was “totally naive” when he first joined Victoria’s ALP branch in the mid-90s.

Mr Somyurek said former opposition leader Bill Shorten changed membership requirements when he became leader in 2013 that encouraged branch stacking across the state - an organised method of collecting internal power by recruiting, and often paying fees, for new members. His bombshell evidence at the Independent Broad-Based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) on Monday also accused former senator Stephen Conroy of “building an empire” and named federal Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles as a key member of the continued power grab. The former Andrews government minister told the inquiry he went head-to-head with the now premier when Mr Somyurek first entered politics in the mid-90s. Disgraced powerbroker Adem Somyurek has told an anti-corruption inquiry branch stacking has consistently been rife within Labor, accusing the party’s most senior leaders of engaging in the notorious practice to sway power in Victoria.

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