IBAC finds Theo Theophanous lobbied on behalf of a Chinese-backed development consortium that donated to his daughter's election campaign.
A former Victorian Labor minister "improperly" lobbied for a major development consortium and obtained donations for his daughter's election campaign, the state's anti-corruption watchdog has found.IBAC found Theo Theophanous lobbied colleagues for a proposed development in western Melbourne that he did not declare as a client
Operation Clara probed Mr Theophanous's dealings with the Chinese-backed Australian Education City , a $31 billion proposal to build an education and employment hub in East Werribee.The project failed to win government support in 2019 after four years of negotiation. "IBAC's investigation found that Mr Theophanous attempted to influence ministers and their advisors in favour of the East Werribee project," the report said.
These donations included a $10,000 donation from a company linked to an AEC representative, tickets to fundraising events as well as in-kind assistance including making 250 phone calls to voters in Chinese language and providing people to hand out voting cards at polling booths.Kat Theophanous won Northcote for Labor off the Greens at the 2018 state election and was re-elected last year.
He argued that the investigation was based on testimony from two unidentified witnesses "whose personal or political agendas are unknown".
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