Thread by @PoliBard

Ok, time to christen a brand new hashtag: #DanAndrewsCrimes

He's evaded a lot of scrutiny in the past 8 years. Time to put an end to it.

I went with "crimes" because it covers social, political and criminal matters. And why not start with a scandal involving all 3 - #RedShirts

#RedShirts is in the news again, because police whistle-blowers have gone to IBAC with an allegation that senior police may have intervened in the process of justice to protect Dan Andrews MPs.

This follows on from presumably the same whistleblower going to The Age last year

Also reported today, Liberal MP David Davis had a copy of the complaint dropped on his doorstep overnight. Now to me, that smacks of one hell of a frustrated whistle-blower. One who tried the media, doesn't have faith in IBAC, and wants all bases covered. Quite extraordinary...

I won't revisit the timeline in text, I'll just post this part picture from today's Herald Sun article. One thing missing is the 2018 election, which happened after police investigation began. So of course they couldn't comment during the election campaign.

How convenient.....

#TheSocialCrime - The initial #RedShirts whistleblower was arrested, strip searched, thrown in a cell, and interrogated, along with the other "underlings." Yet none of Dan's MPs were ever arrested or even questioned. Despicable political aristocracy. "Suffer the little peasants"

#ThePoliticalCrime - There are multiple aspects here. Let's start with the one that should really anger you: cheating.

This "theft" allowed Labor to campaign with more resources than the other parties, a clear advantage in an election. That's cheating in my book. Non negotiable.

The payback: After getting busted, Labor paid back SOME of the money(more below) and claimed it was all good now. No, it's bloody not.

Try robbing a bank, getting busted, giving the money back, and see how sympathetic the police & judge are to you. Send us a postcard from jail.

Now to add insult to injury, Dan Andrews spends a million TAXPAYER dollars in legal fees fighting the Ombudsman's investigation(another $250k)

In the end, only upper house MPs were investigated, and only money from those MPs staffers was repaid. The actual bill is MUCH more.

Oh look, more insult, more injury: In the IBAC #OpWatts investigation into Labor's branch stacking activities, they uncovered that Labor was using the same old trick to fund its own internal electioneering activities. But this time Dan refused to pay back a single cent. Dodgy AF.

#TheLegalCrime - Labor actually submitted fraudulent timesheets for these staffers, so on paper it looked legit, but in the field, these staffers were doing electioneering for the Labor party. That's a clear admission they knew they were doing wrong. They even created a fall guy.

But was John Lenders ever made to take a fall? Nope. The ombudsman has investigated twice now, and declared convictions are unlikely. It doesn't mean crime wasn't committed, it means exactly what it says. This happens a lot in the legal system, and it's just something to suck up.

Just to put this in real life terms, imagine you filled in a dodgy expenses voucher for your job, to claim money for petrol you either never used, or used for personal matters? Do you reckon you'd still have a job? If the $ amount was huge, do you reckon the cops might be called?

Frankston MP Geoff Shaw actually did this while in Parliament, and guess which shameless prick not only demanded that he pay back every cent, but also called the cops over it, and then demanded Shaw be kicked out of Parliament for it?

You know who it was.....

So that's the scandal dealt with, lets deal with the possible cover-up. Did senior members of Victoria police interfere to prevent investigations or arrests taking place? The VicPol whistleblower sure thinks so. If so that's further political crime, potentially even actual crime.

It's not widely known that Daniel Andrews Chief of Staff as opposition leader was Brett Curran, who came from VicPol and has since returned there. Even less commonly known is that one of his MPs Shaun Leane has a brother Stephen, who was assistant commissioner during all this.

While these connections alone are proof of nothing, they are quite valid reasons for suspicion. And especially in light of the many other VicPol scandals that must have had knowledge or approval of police senior command. Lawyer X and the faked breath tests to name 2 awful ones.

Justice should not only be done, it should be seen to be done. Which is why Judges often recuse themselves from matters.

The same goes for impartiality. And here we have a situation where it's hard to see, and evidence suggesting we didn't get it either. Quite a stench, IMHO.

That concludes #DanAndrewsCrimes #RedShirts edition. Please use this tag any time you see any further crimes, so we can collate them in one place. And if you want me to do a thread about one you know of, please let me know and I'll add it on the list if it's not there already.