Senator John Madigan has announced his resignation from the Democratic Labour Party, alleging a “cancer of political intrigue” and declaring he will sit as an independent for the remainder of his term.
Madigan told the Senate this morning that his former office manager had been in contact with the Liberal Party about forthcoming preselections. Madigan told the Senate: “That person systematically ran a campaign of disinformation and disharmony in my office.”
Later, Madigan tabled a series of emails between his former office manager, Rachel Carling-Jenkins, and Liberal Party officials.
Madigan claimed “confidential information was leaked and lies were told”. He said attempts by him to undertake “normal communication” with party members were thwarted. The “cancer of political intrigue clearly has infected the Victorian State Executive of the DLP”, Madigan said. [Read more…]
