House debates

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Close of Rolls and Other Measures) Bill 2010

Second Reading

9:39 am

Photo of Joe HockeyJoe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

It was an investigation into electoral fraud, as the member for Melbourne Ports will remember. And that reminded me of the relationship between Mike Kaiser and the now Treasurer, Wayne Swan. And again, thanks to the Canberra Times for this quote—although we did dig a little deeper—25 November 2000:

Mr Swan, with Mr Kaiser, has been mentioned in relation to alleged ‘war stories’ told by senior Australian Workers Union faction figures at a camp for faction workers. Mr Swan was said to have boasted that he once had about a dozen people listed as living in his house in the 1980s, while Mr Kaiser was said to have talked of having nine people registered as living in his small flat.

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