Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

if there was an inquiry into the former member for Dobell going on. It goes on and on. There were so many stories. The New South Wales police launched Strike Force Carnarvon, in September 2011. The Victorian police fraud squad confirmed in October 2011 that they were investigating Craig Thomson. Fair Work Australia published their investigation into the HSU in April 2012, and in March 2012 they released their investigation into the Victorian HSU No. 1 Branch.

For all that time the Labor Party protected former member for Dobell Craig Thomson and kept his vote in their caucus.

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