Friday, March 09, 2007
KELVIN SHELVED
David Hicks advocate Kelvin Thomson quits Labor’s front bench:
Shadow Attorney General Kelvin Thomson has resigned after it was revealed that he gave a reference to fugitive drug baron Tony Mokbel in 2000.
Mr Thomson said he decided to stand down after he was approached by Opposition leader Kevin Rudd with the information.
He told reporters in Melbourne this afternoon he was unaware of Mokbel’s profile when he gave him the reference for a liquor license.
Mokbel’s profile was already known to the law by then.
UPDATE. This articulate young Melbourne idealist might be Thomson’s perfect replacement. Sign him up, Kevni!