A New South Wales Labor frontbencher has used parliamentary privilege to launch a scathing attack on her own party, linking one of its candidates for the next election with corrupt former minister Eddie Obeid and accusing party leaders of ignoring the “horrific influence” of property developers.
Shadow minister Tania Mihailuk used a late night speech in parliament on Tuesday to launch the extraordinary attack on Canterbury-Bankstown mayor Khal Asfour, who is nominated to run on the party’s upper house ticket ahead of its state conference next month.
