Australia - A former state Labor MP, accused of spying on a Liberal opponent, has quit her taxpayer-funded job and been criticised by the Ombudsman for "highly inappropriate" behaviour.
Heather McTaggart, who was Labor MP for Evelyn until losing her seat at last year's election, confessed to receiving electronic copies of all faxes sent to her successor, Liberal MP Christine Fyffe, for seven months.
She said she deleted any remaining faxes after reading a copy of the anonymous note alerting Ms Fyffe to the fact that Ms McTaggart was receiving her faxes: "I just deleted everything. I panicked and deleted it. That was it. Whatever was there …"(more)
