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Adeshola Ore and Benita Kolovos

Victorian MP Kat Theophanous says she ‘always acted appropriately’ as Ibac makes findings against her father

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Labor MP Kat Theophanous
Labor MP Kat Theophanous emphasised that the Ibac report ‘makes it clear that I had no knowledge of the circumstances outlined’ by the agency. Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

The Victorian Labor MP Kat Theophanous says she has always acted appropriately, after the state’s corruption watchdog – which found no evidence of her doing anything wrong – concluded her father secretly lobbied for a developer in exchange for donations to her 2018 campaign.

The Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (Ibac) findings, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, concluded former Labor minister Theo Theophanous improperly lobbied in favour of a $31bn proposal by the Australian Education City (AEC) consortium to develop a large education, residential and employment district in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

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