List of Australian politicians convicted of crimes

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

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• 1 Federal
• 2 New South Wales
• 3 Queensland
• 4 Tasmania
• 5 Victoria
• 6 Western Australia
• 7 See also
• 8 References

Federal[edit]

Name	Year	Party	Offence	Sentence	Notes	Reference
Michael Cobb	1998	National Party	rorting travel expenses.	MP fined $14,000 and given a two-year suspended jail term		[1]
Pauline Hanson	2003	One Nation	electoral fraud	sentenced to three years jail	subsequently acquitted and found to have been jailed wrongly.	[2]
Andrew Theophanous	2002	ALP	bribery and fraud.	6 years jail		[3]
Craig Thomson	2014	ALP/ Independent	theft and fraud.	12 months jail with 9 months suspended. [4]		[5]

New South Wales[edit]

Name	Year	Party	Offence	Sentence	Notes	Reference
Thomas Ley	1947	Nationalist Party	murder	death, later commuted to confinement in Broadmoor Asylum	suspected of involvement with a number of disappearances, including that of Frederick McDonald, his predecessor as MP	[6]
Rex Jackson	1987	Labor Party	accepting bribes	10 years	former Minister for Corrective Services; increased from 7½ years on appeal	[7]
Tony Packard	1993	Liberal Party	unlawful use of listening devices	convicted, fined $1000		[8][9]
Barry Morris	1996	Liberal Party	making death threats	1 year	decreased from 2½ years on appeal	[10]
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	[11]
Richard Face	2009	Labor Party	Making a false statement to the ICAC	fined $2500, three-year good behaviour bond		[12][13]

Queensland[edit]

Name	Year	Party	Offence	Sentence	Notes	Reference
Brian Austin	1990	National Party	misappropriating public funds	15 months		[14]
Leisha Harvey	1990	National Party	misappropriating public funds	12 months	7 months served in home detention	[14]
Don Lane	1990	National Party	misappropriating public funds	12 months		[14]
Geoff Muntz	1990	National Party	misappropriating public funds	12 months		[14]
Keith Wright	1993	Labor Party	child sex offences	8 years (non-parole period 4 years), paroled after 5½ years	Former Opposition Leader	[15]
Bill D'Arcy	2000	Labor Party	child sex offences	11 years (non-parole period 7 years)		[16]
Merri Rose	2005	Labor Party	extortion	1½ years		[15]
Gordon Nuttall	2009, 2011	Labor Party	Corruption, receiving secret commissions, theft	15 years (non-parole period 10 years)		[17]
Karen Struthers	2007	Labor Party	Drink driving	$1000 fine and loss of licence for 10 months		[18]

Tasmania[edit]

Name	Year	Party	Offence	Sentence	Notes	Reference
Brenton Best	2002	Labor Party	Drink driving	fine and lose of license		[19][20]
Terry Martin	2011	Independent	Producing child pornography and sexual penetration of a child under the age of 17	suspended sentence		[21]

Victoria[edit]

Name	Year	Party	Offence	Sentence	Notes	Reference
Carolyn Hirsh	2004	Labor Party	Drink driving	$600 and driving ban of 6 months		[22]
Andrew Olexander	2004	Liberal Party	Drink driving			[22]
Carolyn Hirsh	2006	Labor Party	Drink driving and driving whilst disqualified	$600 and driving ban of 1 year		[23]
Adem Somyurek	2009	Labor Party	Driving whilst disqualified	$300 and 1 month suspended gaol sentence		[24]

Western Australia[edit]

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