INDI MP Cathy McGowan has a brother of a leading Labor Party figure in Indi on her staff.
Subscribe now for unlimited access.
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
Sean O’Neil is the brother of Lauren McCully, who is the Labor’s federal electoral assembly president in Indi.
Mrs McCully confirmed her brother works for Mrs McGowan in a part-time IT role in her Canberra office.
“I don’t want it to become an issue during the campaign,” Mrs McCully said.
“It’s his job and because of my role with the Labor Party, I don’t want him being dragged through the mud.
“It’s going to happen.
“But I would rather put it our there now on public record and deal with it.”
Mr O’Neil has been in the role with Ms McGowan since early this year.
But his sister said with the campaign moving into full-swing with the majority of candidates in place she wanted to avoid a conflict of interest controversy during the campaign.