List of Australian politicians convicted of crimes

A list of Australian politicians who have been convicted of crimes.

Federal

  • Michael Cobb - NSW federal National Party MP fined $14,000 and given a two-year suspended jail term after being found guilty of rorting travel expenses.[1]
  • Pauline Hanson - One Nation co-founder sentenced to three years' jail for electoral fraud, but was subsequently acquitted and found to have been jailed wrongly.[2]
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New South Wales

Name Year Party Offence Sentence Notes Reference
Rex Jackson 1987 Labor Party accepting bribes 10 years former Minister for Corrective Services; increased from 7½ years on appeal [4]
Tony Packard 1993 Liberal Party unlawful use of listening devices convicted, fined $1000 [5][6]
Barry Morris 1996 Liberal Party making death threats 1 year decreased from 2½ years on appeal [7]
Milton Orkopoulos 2008 Labor Party 33 counts, including child sex and drug offences 13 years and 8 months (non-parole period 9 years) appealed March 2009 [8]
Richard Face 2009 Labor Party Making a false statement to the ICAC fined $2500, three-year good behaviour bond [9][10]
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Queensland

Name Year Party Offence Sentence Notes Reference
Brian Austin 1990 National Party misappropriating public funds 15 months [11]
Leisha Harvey 1990 National Party misappropriating public funds 12 months 7 months served in home detention [11]
Don Lane 1990 National Party misappropriating public funds 12 months [11]
Geoff Muntz 1990 National Party misappropriating public funds 12 months [11]
Keith Wright 1993 Labor Party child sex offences 8 years (non-parole period 4 years), paroled after 5½ years Former Opposition Leader [12]
Bill D'Arcy 2000 Labor Party child sex offences 11 years (non-parole period 7 years) [13]
Merri Rose 2005 Labor Party extortion 1½ years [12]
Gordon Nuttall 2009, 2011 Labor Party Corruption, receiving secret commissions, theft 15 years (non-parole period 10 years) [14]
Karen Struthers 2007 Labor Party Drink driving $1000 fine and loss of licence for 10 months [15]
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Tasmania

Name Year Party Offence Sentence Notes Reference
Brenton Best 2002 Labor Party Drink driving [16][17]
Terry Martin 2011 Independent Producing child pornography and sexual penetration of a child under the age of 17 suspended sentence [18]
Dr Bob Brown 1983 The Greens Protesting against the Franklin Dam 19 Days in Risdon Prison [19]
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Victoria

Name Year Party Offence Sentence Notes Reference
Carolyn Hirsh 2005 Labor Party Drink driving $600 and driving ban of 6 months ,[20]
Andrew Olexander 2005 Liberal Party Drink driving ,[20]
Carolyn Hirsh 2006 Labor Party Drink driving and driving whilst disqualified $600 and driving ban of 1 year ,[21]
Adem Somyurek 2009 Labor Party Driving whilst disqualified $300 and 1 month suspended Gaol sentence ,[22]
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Western Australia

Name Year Party Offence Sentence Notes Reference
Brian Burke 1994 Labor Party misappropriating public funds 7 months former state Premier [23]
Ray O'Connor 1995 Liberal Party stealing a Bond Corporation cheque from a parked car 18 months former state Premier [24][25]
David Parker 1996 Labor Party perjury 18 months former state Deputy Premier, paroled after six months [26]
Wayde Smith 1998 Liberal Party perjury 18 months paroled after six months [27][28]
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See also

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References

  1. ^ "Cobb and co in fight over will". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2002-10-13. Retrieved 2007-07-26. 
  2. ^ "Profile: Pauline Hanson". BBC. 2004-09-15. Retrieved 2006-12-20. 
  3. ^ Theophanous becomes first MP jailed while in office
  4. ^ "Jackson given extra 2½ years". Sydney Morning Herald. 1988-06-24. 
  5. ^ "Our fallen politicians". The Advertiser. 1998-11-17. 
  6. ^ "Ex-MP goes on air". Sydney Morning Herald. 1993-07-30. 
  7. ^ "Morris jail term cut". The Australian. 1996-11-26. 
  8. ^ http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25137958-5006784,00.html.  Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  9. ^ "Prison looms for Face after lie to watchdog". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2004-12-22. 
  10. ^ "Career switch saves Face from prison". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2004-12-24. 
  11. ^ a b c d Allen, Elizabeth (2007-05-14). "Players in a vast drama". Courier Mail. Retrieved 2007-06-19. 
  12. ^ a b http://newmatilda.com/2008/06/18/pollies-behaving-badly
  13. ^ "D'Arcy child sex trial aborted for third time". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2006-12-20. 
  14. ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/15/2626845.htm
  15. ^ http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=42976&vf=1
  16. ^ http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2006/03/09/tasmanian-election-braddon-form-guide/
  17. ^ http://www2b.abc.net.au/hobart/issues/newposts/0/topic129.shtm
  18. ^ http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2011/11/21/278481_scalesofjustice.html
  19. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Brown
  20. ^ a b "Drink-driving Lib MP fell asleep at wheel". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-03-30. 
  21. ^ "Vic MP guilty of 2nd drink-drive offence". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2006-08-28. 
  22. ^ Rood, David. "www.theage.com.au - Labor MP Adem Somyurek sentenced for driving offence". The Age (Melbourne). 
  23. ^ "Former WA premier to quit ALP". The Australian. 2006-11-09. Retrieved 2006-12-20. 
  24. ^ "Courts embroil MPs in wild West". Sydney: The Sydney Morning Herald. 1999-07-05. p. 2. 
  25. ^ Barker, Anthony (2001). What Happened When: A Chronology of Australia from 1788. Australia: Allen & Unwin. p. 360. ISBN 1-86508-426-3. 
  26. ^ "Parker appeal dismissed". The West Australian. 1996-12-21. 
  27. ^ "Ex-MP jailed in perjury case". The West Australian. 1997-11-05. 
  28. ^ "Smith loses realtor license". The West Australian. 1998-08-22. 
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