List of Australian politicians convicted of crimes
A list of Australian politicians who have been convicted of crimes.
Federal
Name | Year | Party | Offence | Sentence | Notes | Reference |
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John Curtin | 1914 | Labor | Failing to comply with a compulsory medical examination for conscription | 3 days jail | Later became Prime Minister of Australia; first Prime Minister to be convicted of an offence | [1] |
Derryn Hinch | 1987, 2011, 2014 | Derryn Hinch's Justice Party | Contempt of court, breaching suppression orders | 12 days in prison, 5 months home detention, 50 days in prison | Hinch was a radio announcer at the times of his crimes, and was elected to the Australian Senate in 2016 | [2][3] |
Michael Cobb | 1998 | National | Rorting travel expenses | Fined $14,000, 2-year suspended jail term | [4] | |
Andrew Theophanous | 2002 | Labor | Bribery and fraud | 6 years jail | Served two years and successfully appealed the fraud charge. | [5] |
Pauline Hanson | 2003 | Pauline Hanson's One Nation |
Electoral fraud | 3 years jail | Subsequently acquitted | [6] |
Craig Thomson | 2014 | Labor/ Independent |
Theft and fraud | 12 months jail with 9 months suspended.[7] | [8] | |
Steve Irons | 2015 | Liberal | Unlicensed drink driving | 4-month good behaviour order | [9] |
New South Wales
Name | Year | Party | Offence | Sentence | Notes | Reference |
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Thomas Ley | 1947 | Nationalist | Murder | Death, later commuted to confinement in Broadmoor Asylum | Involvement with a number of disappearances, including that of Frederick McDonald, his predecessor as MP | [10] |
Rex Jackson | 1987 | Labor | Accepting bribes | 10 years | Former Minister for Corrective Services. Increased from 7½ years on appeal | [11] |
Tony Packard | 1993 | Liberal | Unlawful use of listening devices | Fined $1000 | Offences were committed while operating a used-car business, prior to entering parliament | [12] |
Barry Morris | 1996 | Liberal | Making death threats | 1 year | Decreased from 2½ years on appeal | [13] |
Milton Orkopoulos | 2008 | Labor | 33 counts, including child sex and drug offences | 13 years and 8 months (non-parole period 9 years) | Decreased from 13 years and 11 months on appeal | [14] |
Richard Face | 2009 | Labor | Making a false statement to the ICAC | Fined $2500, three-year good-behaviour bond | Lied about misusing parliamentary and electoral office staff to help set up a consultancy. | [15][16] |
Adam Marshall | 2014 | National | Mid-range prescribed content of alcohol | Driver's licence suspended for nine months, fined $2,000 | Returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.112. | [17][18] |
Eddie Obeid | 2016 | Labor | Misconduct in public office | 5 years (non-parole period of 3 years) | Failing to declare his precuniary interest while a member of parliament and subsequent attempts to influence bureaucrats and Labor colleagues so as to benefit his family | [19][20][21][22][23] |
Ian Macdonald | 2017 | Labor | Misuse of public office | 10 years (non-parole period of 7 years) | Corruptly issuing of lucrative mining licences at Doyles Creek in the Hunter Valley | [24][25][26][27] |
Queensland
Name | Year | Party | Offence | Sentence | Notes | Reference |
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William Hamilton | 1891 | Labor | conspiracy in connection with the Queensland shearers' strike | 3 years | future state MP | [28] |
Brian Austin | 1990 | National | misappropriating public funds | 15 months | [29] | |
Leisha Harvey | 1990 | National | misappropriating public funds | 12 months | 7 months served in home detention | [29] |
Don Lane | 1990 | National | misappropriating public funds | 12 months | [29] | |
Geoff Muntz | 1990 | National | misappropriating public funds | 12 months | [29] | |
Keith Wright | 1993 | Labor | child sex offences | 8 years (non-parole period 4 years), paroled after 5½ years | Former Opposition Leader | [30] |
Bill D'Arcy | 2000 | Labor | child sex offences | 11 years (non-parole period 7 years) | [31] | |
Merri Rose | 2005 | Labor | extortion | 1½ years | [30] | |
Karen Struthers | 2007 | Labor | Drink driving | $1000 fine and loss of licence for 10 months | [32] | |
Gordon Nuttall | 2009, 2011 | Labor | Corruption, receiving secret commissions, theft | 15 years (non-parole period 10 years) | [33] | |
Tasmania
Name | Year | Party | Offence | Sentence | Notes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Brenton Best | 2002 | Labor | Drink driving | fine and loss of licence | [34][35] | |
Terry Martin | 2011 | Independent | Producing child pornography and sexual penetration of a child under the age of 17 | suspended sentence | [36] |
South Australia
Name | Year | Party | Offence | Sentence | Notes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bernard Finnigan | 2015 | Labor/ Independent |
Obtaining access to child pornography | A 15-month suspended sentence with a three-year $1,000 good behaviour bond | Also added to the sex offender register | [37][38][39] |
Victoria
Name | Year | Party | Offence | Sentence | Notes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carolyn Hirsh | 2004 | Labor | Drink driving | $600 and driving ban of 6 months | [40] | |
Andrew Olexander | 2004 | Liberal | Drink driving | [40] | ||
Carolyn Hirsh | 2006 | Labor | Drink driving and driving whilst disqualified | $600 and driving ban of 1 year | [41] | |
Adem Somyurek | 2009 | Labor | Driving whilst disqualified | $300 and 1-month suspended gaol sentence | [42] | |
Western Australia
Name | Year | Party | Offence | Sentence | Notes | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julian Stuart | 1891 | Labor | conspiracy in connection with the Queensland shearers' strike | 3 years | future state MP | [43] |
George Taylor | 1891 | Labor | conspiracy in connection with the Queensland shearers' strike | 3 years | future state MP | [44] |
Frederick Baglin | 1923 | Labor | stealing as a servant | 3 years | sitting state MP | [45] |
Brian Burke | 1994 | Labor | misappropriating public funds | 7 months | former state Premier | [46] |
Ray O'Connor | 1995 | Liberal | stealing a Bond Corporation cheque from a parked car | 18 months | former state Premier | [47][48] |
David Parker | 1996 | Labor | perjury | 18 months | former state Deputy Premier, paroled after six months | [49] |
Wayde Smith | 1998 | Liberal | perjury | 18 months | paroled after six months | [50][51] |
Graham Burkett | 2006 | Labor | receiving bribes | 14 months | former mayor of Stirling and state MP | [52] |
See also
References
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