The day after the findings were handed down, Mr O'Byrne pitched this as evidence he was in the clear.
In a statement late on Monday, Mr O'Byrne agreed his position was "untenable". That's why, he went on, he would leave the parliamentary Labor caucus and sit as a Labor MP for the next four years.Mr O'Byrne's move to the crossbench will have serious ramifications for the party going forward.
Even the suggestion those actions could feasibly manifest seems extraordinary for a party that purports to support workers and women.
What an embarrassing article 🙄
The first of Becs failures if she try to resurrect Labors chances
Ha ha a better headline would be “Tasmania dodges a bullet by re-electing a Liberal Govt” but this is the the propaganda outlet for labor/greens🙄. Where is the disappointment with the outcome in WA? DefundTheABC
. And in NSW... And in Federal Parliament...
Does that also apply to Victoria or just LNP governments?
The ALP slowly descends into third tier university student union politics, whilst the ABC continues to have the editorial quality and integrity of a third tier university student union newspaper
Seidel out, O'Byrne refusing calls to resign. Very bad look. Tas ALP badly needs a reset... Bec has to tell her troops to grow up.
Labor has lost the plot!
Name a single state that currently has a credible opposition.
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