The Victorian Labor MP who took a secretive holiday to ‘Europe’ has announced she is quitting politics.
Melbourne MP Judith Graley said she would not contest the 2018 election.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said he wanted to thank ‘Judith for representing hardworking local people and always putting them first’.
Victorian MP Judith Graley (pictured) is quitting politics after scrutiny surrounded her taxpayer visit to ‘Europe’ in 2015
Ms Graley’s electorate, Narre Warren South, has some of the highest crime rates in the state
Ms Graley, member for Narre Warren South, went on a taxpayer funded trip to ‘Europe’ in 2015 however the exact details of the trip have never been released.
The MP lodged a three-page report about the trip, but it was so vague the destination was officially listed as ‘Europe?’.
At the time, Herald Sun reported the Opposition Scrutiny of Government spokeswoman Inga Peulich said the report was a joke.
‘Judith Graley has been caught swanning around Europe’s museums, while her Narre Warren South electorate is suffering from Labor’s crime wave,’ she said.
Ms Graley, who was elected in 2006 before later becoming Parliamentary Secretary for Education, has come under scrutiny before.
The MP visited Paris, London, Bath and Egypt in 2012 to gain an ‘understanding of a number of crucial issues facing my electorate of Narre Warren South’.
‘Judith Graley has been caught swanning around Europe’s museums, while her Narre Warren South electorate is suffering from Labor’s crime wave (pictured),’ Opposition Scrutiny of Government spokeswoman Inga Peulich said
Cranbourne, 18 minutes north of the MP’s electorate, has previously been reported as one of the most dangerous places to live.
Narre Warren saw 68 aggravated robberies last year, up 58 from 2013.
Melbourne’s south east is renowned for huge crime increases and is home to the notorious African Apex gang, with more than 500 Apex gang members in Melbourne’s south east.