Tara Murray
Kororoit MP Marlene Kairouz is allegedly taking legal action against 26 high ranking members of the Labor Party in the fallout to her being charged by Labor interim administrators Steve Bracks and Jenny Macklin.
In documents lodged with the Supreme Court of Victoria dated February 8, Ms Kairouz has brought action against several high profile party members including Federal Labor leader Anthony Albenese, Bracks and Macklin.
In the documents, Ms Kairouz claims that the appointment of the administrators was invalid.
She said the national executive had amended the definition of branch stacking and that she was charged under the amended changes, not the rules that were in place at the time of the alleged offences.
The documents state the retrospective charging of Ms Kairouz of the alleged offences is unlawful and invalid.
Ms Kairouz last week posted a statement on social media confirming that she is one of two people charged by the administrators in the probe into branch stacking in the ALP.
She has indicated the charges are related to the alleged transfer of memberships, her attendance at branch meetings where members were recruited, and comments about memberships and did not relate to branch stacking.
