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The following is a '''list of Australian politicians convicted of crimes'''.
{{Dynamic list}}
==Federal==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name
! Year
! Party
! Offence
! Timing of conviction
! Sentence
! Reference
|-
| {{sortname|William Henry|Groom}}
| 1846
| [[Protectionist Party|Protectionist]]
| Stealing{{efn|Only former [[Convicts in Australia|transported convict]] to be elected to federal parliament.}}
| Before office
| [[Penal transportation|Transportation to Australia]]
| <ref>D. B. Waterson, '[http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040345b.htm Groom, William Henry (1833 - 1901)]', [[Australian Dictionary of Biography]], Volume 4, [[Melbourne University Press|MUP]], 1972, pp. 304–305.</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Charles|Kingston}}
| 1892
| [[Protectionist Party|Protectionist]]
| Duelling{{efn|In relation to an attempt to duel [[Richard Chaffey Baker]], also a future federal MP.}}
| Before office
| Good behaviour bond
| <ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography
|last=Playford
|first=John
|year=1983
|id=A090604b
|title= Kingston, Charles Cameron (1850–1908)
|access-date=22 November 2007 }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|John|Curtin}}
| 1914
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Failing to comply with a compulsory medical examination for [[conscription]]{{efn|Later became [[prime minister of Australia]]; first prime minister to be convicted of an offence}}
| Before office
| 3 days' jail
| <ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Geoffrey |last=Serle |authorlink=Geoffrey Serle |title=Curtin, John (1885–1945) |volume= |edition= |year=1993 |id2=9885 |accessdate=3 June 2017 }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Donald|Grant}}
| 1916
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Conspiracy to commit arson, [[perverting the course of justice]], incitement to commit sedition
| Before office
| 15 years' jail{{efn|Part of the [[Sydney Twelve]]. Served four years before conviction overturned.}}
| <ref>{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|last=Farrell|first=Frank|year=1983|volume=9|id2=grant-donald-mclennan-don-6453|title=Grant, Donald McLennan (Don) (1888–1970)|access-date=2022-12-31}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Benjamin|Benny}}
| 1926
| [[Nationalist Party (Australia)|Nationalist]]
| Fraudulent conversion of trust funds
| After office
| 3 years' jail
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/56565549 |title=Ex-Senator Benny Guilty. |newspaper=[[The Register (Adelaide)]] |___location=South Australia |date=11 June 1926 |access-date=8 October 2020 |page=11 |via=Trove }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|George|Rankin}}
| 1938
| [[Australian Country Party|Country]]
| Drink driving
| During office
| Fined £25
| <ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205217961 |title=M.P. Fined: Driving Under Influence|newspaper=The Age|date=17 November 1938 }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Thomas|Ley}}
| 1947
| [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]]
| Murder{{efn|Involvement with a number of disappearances, including that of [[Frederick McDonald]], his predecessor as MP}}
| After office
| Death, later commuted to confinement in [[Broadmoor Asylum]]
|<ref name="The Australian">{{cite news |date=30 December 2010 | title=MP Thomas John Ley was the minister for murder | work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Jock|Garden}}
| 1948
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Forgery
| After office
| 3 years' jail
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/garden-john-smith-jock-6274|title=John Smith (Jock) Garden (1882–1968)|first=Bede|last=Nairn|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|year=1981|volume=8}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Wilson|Tuckey}}
| 1967
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| Assault{{efn|After being convicted of assaulting an [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] man, he was nicknamed "Iron Bar"}}
| Before office
| Fined $50
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nasty-and-deserved-end-for-our-wild-uncle-wilson-20100827-13vxb.html|title=Nasty and deserved end for our wild Uncle Wilson|first=Rick|last=Feneley|date=28 August 2010|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Derryn|Hinch}}{{efn|Hinch was a radio announcer at the times of his crimes, and was elected to the [[Australian Senate]] in 2016 }}
| 1987, 2011, 2014
| [[Derryn Hinch's Justice Party|Justice]]
| [[Contempt of court]], breaching [[suppression order]]s
| Before office
| 12 days in prison, 5 months' home detention, 50 days in prison
| <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/derryn-hinch-guilty-of-breaches-not-sorry-20110603-1fkb1.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=3 June 2011 | title=Derryn Hinch guilty of breaches, not sorry |access-date=8 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Colin|Hollis}}
|1990
|[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Indecent exposure
| During office
| Good behaviour bond
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/122249140|title=Magistrates court convicts Federal Member|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=24 May 1990}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Frank|Ford|dab=Australian politician}}
|1996
|[[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|Fraud
| After office
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carr|first=Adam|title=1993 House of Representatives election: Victoria|url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/australia/1993/1993repsvic.txt|access-date=24 April 2021|website=Psephos}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Cobb}}
| 1998
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
| [[wikt:rort|Rorting]] travel expenses
| During office
| Fined $14,000; 2 year suspended jail term
| <ref name="smh_will">{{cite news
|url = https://www.smh.com.au/national/cobb-and-co-in-fight-over-will-20021013-gdfpwi.html
|title = Cobb and co in fight over will
|newspaper = [[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
|date = 13 October 2002
|accessdate = 8 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Bob|Woods|dab=politician}}
| 1999
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| [[wikt:rort|Rorting]] travel expenses
| After office
| 18 month suspended jail sentence
| <ref name="smh_mini">{{cite news
|url = http://www.sbs.com.au/news/scandals-claim-seven-howard-ministers
|title = Scandals claim seven Howard ministers
|newspaper = [[SBS News]]
|date = 31 December 2018
|accessdate = 8 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Andrew|Theophanous}}
| 2002
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Bribery and fraud
| After office
| 6 years' jail{{efn|Served two years and successfully appealed the fraud charge.}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/craig-thomson-joins-a-small-and-inglorious-list-of-australian-politicians-sent-to-jail/news-story/684fce7c8ffd29056143635c2b5946b9 |title=Craig Thomson joins a small and inglorious list of Australian politicians sent to jail |publisher=news.com.au |date = 25 March 2014 |accessdate = 8 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Craig|Thomson|dab=politician}}
| 2014
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]<br>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| Theft
| After office
| $25,000 fine{{efn|Reduced from 12 months' jail with 9 months suspended on appeal, 49 charges of fraud dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-25/craig-thomson-fraud-hsu-sentencing/5342428|title=Craig Thomson sentenced for defrauding Health Services Union|date=25 March 2014|website=ABC News}}</ref>}}<ref name="Thomson appeal">{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Adam |title=Craig Thomson convicted and fined $25,000 |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/craig-thomson-convicted-and-fined-25000-20141217-1294ha.html |accessdate=7 September 2019 |work=[[The Age]] |date=17 December 2014}}</ref>
|<ref name="Thomson appeal"/>
|-
| {{sortname|Steve|Irons}}
|2015
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| Unlicensed drink driving
| During office
| 4 month good behaviour order
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/western-australia-liberal-mp-stephen-irons-placed-on-good-behaviour-order-after-unlicenced-drink-driving-20151016-gkaqpl.html|title=Western Australia Liberal MP Stephen Irons placed on good behaviour order after unlicenced drink driving|first=Michael|last=Inman|date=16 October 2015|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref>
|}
==New South Wales==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Year
! Party
! Offence
! Sentence
! Notes
! Reference
|-
|[[Peter Howe (New South Wales politician)|Peter Howe]]
|1891
|[[Protectionist Party|Protectionist]]
|Conspiracy to defraud the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company
|Imprisoned for 7 years, released after 3 years and 7 months.
|One of a series of prosecutions in relation to bank failures. Resigned from the Legislative Assembly after conviction
|<ref>{{cite news|date=3 November 1891|title=The Howe Miller conspiracy case|page=3|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|issue=|___location=|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13850694|via=Trove|accessdate=24 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite news|date=8 June 1895|title=Bank prisoners released|page=14|newspaper=[[Australian Town and Country Journal]]|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71230973|access-date=25 April 2021|via=Trove}}</ref>
|-
|[[Frank Smith (New South Wales politician)|Frank Smith]]
|1892
|[[Free Trade Party|Free Trade]]
|conspiracy to fraudulently misrepresent the financial affairs of the Australian Mercantile Loan and Guarantee Company
|Imprisoned for 7 years, released after 3 years.
|One of a series of prosecutions in relation to bank failures, had been defeated in 1891.
|<ref>{{cite news|date=26 February 1892|title=The conspiracy case|page=3|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13847398|access-date=25 April 2021|via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=27 February 1892|title=At the Central Criminal Court|page=9|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13857368|access-date=25 April 2021|via=Trove}}</ref>
|-
|[[Francis Abigail]]
|1892
|[[Free Trade Party|Free Trade]]
|Conspiracy to issue a false balance-sheet
|Imprisoned for 5 years, released after 2 years and 6 months.
|One of a series of prosecutions in relation to bank failures, had been defeated in 1891.
|<ref name=":1" /><ref name="adb2">{{Australian Dictionary of Biography|id2=abigail-francis-2864|title=Abigail, Francis (1840–1921)|first=G P|last=Walsh|access-date=25 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Thomas Slattery]]
|1905
|[[Protectionist Party|Protectionist]]
|Stealing [[Pound sterling|£]]6,958
|Imprisoned for 3 years and 6 months, set aside by High Court
|Seat in Legislative Council declared vacant after conviction but before the successful appeal to the High Court.
|<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Twomey|first1=Anne Twomey |author-link=Anne Twomey (academic) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KayCZfZwafwC&pg=PA430|title=The Constitution of New South Wales|publisher=Federation Press|year=2004|isbn=9781862875166|pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=KayCZfZwafwC&pg=PA430 430]|accessdate=24 November 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Alan Millard (politician)|Alan Millard]]
|1906
|[[Liberal Reform Party (Australia)|Liberal Reform]]
|Misappropriation of [[Pound sterling|£]]5 of a client's money
|6 months, suspended on 12 month good behaviour bond
|Seat in Legislative Assembly was declared vacant
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|[[Theodore Trautwein (politician)|Theodore Trautwein]]
|1940
|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|False representation to avoid bankruptcy
|Imprisoned for 12 months
|Seat in Legislative Council declared vacant by the [[Court of Disputed Returns (New South Wales)|Court of Disputed Returns]]. Subsequently imprisoned for contempt of court.
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
| [[Thomas Ley]] (also served in Federal Parliament)
| 1947
| [[Nationalist Party of Australia|Nationalist]]
| Murder
| Death, later commuted to confinement in [[Broadmoor Asylum]]
| Involvement with a number of disappearances, including that of [[Frederick McDonald]], his predecessor as MP
|<ref name="The Australian"/>
|-
| [[Rex Jackson]]
| 1987
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Accepting bribes
| 10 years
| Former Minister for Corrective Services. Increased from 7½ years on appeal
|<ref>{{cite news |date=24 June 1988 |title=Jackson given extra 2½ years |work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tony Packard]]
| 1993
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| Unlawful use of listening devices
| Fined $1000
| Offences were committed while operating a used-car business, prior to entering parliament
|<ref name="Tony Packard NSW Parl">{{Cite NSW Parliament |id=1997 |name=Mr Anthony Charles Packard (1943- ) |former=Yes |access-date=8 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Barry Morris]]
| 1996
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| Making death threats
| 1 year
| Decreased from 2½ years on appeal
|<ref>{{cite news | date=26 November 1996 | title=Morris jail term cut | work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Phuong Ngo]]
|2001
|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]<br>[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Murder
|Life imprisonment
|Convicted of ordering the killing of Australian [[Member of Parliament|MP]] [[John Newman (Australian politician)|John Newman]] on 5 September 1994, a crime which has been described as Australia's first political assassination.
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/true-crime-scene/phuong-ngo-murders-rival-john-newman-in-australias-first-political-assassination-in-1994/news-story/1decc6dd38429c74338931e7d2883f9b|title=Phuong Ngo murders rival John Newman in Australia's first political assassination in 1994|last=Mark Morri and staff writers|date=5 September 2014|website=heraldsun.com|access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=The Newman Case|date=7 April 2008|url=http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/the-newman-case/8953212|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|language=en-AU|access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/john-newman-murder-phuong-ngo-loses-last-appeal-for-life-sentence-20141212-125say.html|title=John Newman murder: Phuong Ngo loses last appeal for life sentence|last=Bibby|first=Paul|date=12 December 2014|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=6 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2005/s1496719.htm |author=Masters, Chris |authorlink=Chris Masters (writer) |work=Four Corners |title=SuperMax |date=17 November 2005 |access-date=6 May 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| {{nowrap|[[Milton Orkopoulos]]}}
| 2008
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| 33 counts, including child sex and drug offences
| 13 years and 8 months (non-parole period 9 years)
| Decreased from 13 years and 11 months on appeal
|<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25137958-5006784,00.html |title=Former NSW MP Milton Orkopolous is appealing child sex and drug offences |work=[[The Australian]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311070258/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0%2C25197%2C25137958-5006784%2C00.html |archivedate=11 March 2009 |accessdate=9 August 2013 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Richard Face]]
| 2009
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Making a false statement to the ICAC
| Fined $2,500, three-year good-behaviour bond
| Lied about misusing parliamentary and electoral office staff to help set up a consultancy.
|<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/prison-looms-for-face-after-lie-to-watchdog-20041222-gdkd35.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Prison looms for Face after lie to watchdog | date=22 December 2004 |accessdate=8 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/career-switch-saves-face-from-prison-20041224-gdkdkk.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Career switch saves Face from prison | date=24 December 2004 |accessdate=8 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Karyn Paluzzano]]
|2012
|[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Falsely claiming parliamentary payments
|Twelve months' home detention
|
|<ref>{{cite news|author=Trembath, Brendan|date=6 September 2012|title=Former MP sentenced to 12 months imprisonment|work=PM|publisher=ABC News|___location=Australia|format=transcript|url=http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2012/s3584796.htm|accessdate=14 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=6 September 2012|title=Former NSW MP Karyn Paluzzano sentenced to home detention for rorting, lying|work=The Australian|agency=Australian Associated Press|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/former-nsw-mp-karyn-paluzzano-sentenced-to-home-detention/story-e6frg6nf-1226466626909|accessdate=14 September 2012}}</ref>
|-
| [[Adam Marshall]]
| 2014
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
| Mid-range prescribed content of alcohol
| Driver's licence suspended for nine months, fined $2,000
| Returned a blood alcohol reading of 0.112.
| <ref>{{cite news |agency=[[Australian Associated Press|AAP]] |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/nsw-nationals-mp-adam-marshall-disqualified-from-driving-after-being-charged-with-midrange-drink-driving/story-fni0cx12-1226989780035?nk=f06f6975e40c9102a346d68a0bf49003 |title=NSW Nationals MP Adam Marshall disqualified from driving after being charged with mid-range drink driving |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph]] |date=15 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Cormack, Lucy |url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/nsw-mp-adam-marshall-caught-drinkdriving-20140628-zspl0.html#ixzz37aIFQelV |title=NSW MP Adam Marshall caught drink-driving |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=28 June 2014 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Eddie Obeid]]
| 2016
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Misconduct in public office
| 5 years (non-parole period of 3 years)
| Failing to declare his precuniary interest while a member of parliament and subsequent attempts to influence bureaucrats and Labor colleagues so as to benefit his family
| <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-28/eddie-obeid-found-guilty-of-misconduct-in-public-office/7545632|title=Eddie Obeid found guilty of misconduct in public office for not declaring his precuniary interest while member of NSW Upper House|date=28 June 2016|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|___location=Australia|author=Hoerr, Karl|accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/eddie-obeid-guilty-verdict-beginning-of-the-end-for-former-labor-powerbroker-20160628-gptxuy.html#ixzz4CsvSLEC3|title=Eddie Obeid guilty verdict: beginning of the end for former Labor powerbroker|date=28 June 2016|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|author=McClymont, Kate|accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/eddie-obeid-jailed-for-misconduct-over-circular-quay-business-deals-20161208-gt6n87.html|title=Eddie Obeid jailed for misconduct over Circular Quay business deals|last=Whitbourn|first=Michaela|date=15 December 2016|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en-UK|access-date=15 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-15/eddie-obeid-sentenced-five-years-jail-misconduct-public-office/8122720|title=Eddie Obeid sentenced to five years' jail for misconduct in public office|author1=Carter, Lucy|author2=Calderwood, Kathleen|date=15 December 2016|newspaper=ABC News |___location=Australia|language=en-UK|access-date=15 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-15/eddie-obeid-why-everyone-is-talking-about-him/8120006|title=Eddie Obeid: The rise, reign and recession of NSW's most notorious political powerbroker|author1=Gerathy, Sarah|date=15 December 2016|newspaper=ABC News |___location=Australia|language=en-UK|access-date=15 December 2016}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ian Macdonald (New South Wales politician)|Ian Macdonald]]
|2017
|[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Wilful misconduct in public office
|10 years (non-parole period 7 years) set aside on appeal
|Conviction set aside on appeal and re-trial ordered
|<ref name="ABC quash1">{{cite news|author1=Wells, Jamelle|date=25 February 2019|title=Ian Macdonald wins appeal against misconduct conviction, walks free from prison|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|___location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-25/ian-macdonald-wins-appeal-against-misconduct-conviction/10845314|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="SMH quash">{{cite news|author=Thompson, Angus|date=25 February 2019|title=Ex-NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald and union friend John Maitland's convictions thrown out|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/former-nsw-labor-minister-ian-macdonald-and-union-friend-john-maitland-s-convictions-thrown-out-20190225-p51002.html|access-date=25 February 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[Eddie Obeid]]
| rowspan="2" |2021
| rowspan="2" |[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| rowspan="2" |Conspiracy to wilfully commit misconduct in public office
|
| rowspan="2" |Eddie Obeid, Moses Obeid and Ian Macdonald conspired for Macdonald to commit misconduct concerning the granting of a coal exploration licence involving the Mount Penny tenement
| rowspan="2" |<ref name="SMHverdict20212">{{cite news|author=McClymont, Kate|date=19 July 2021|title=Eddie Obeid, Ian Macdonald and Moses Obeid found guilty over rigged tender|language=en-AU|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/eddie-obeid-ian-macdonald-and-moses-obeid-found-guilty-over-rigged-tender-20210718-p58atd.html|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref><ref name="ABCverdict20212">{{cite news|author=|date=19 July 2021|title=Eddie Obied, Ian Macdonald, Moses Obeid found guilty of mine licence conspiracy|language=en-AU|work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]|___location=Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-19/obeid-macdonald-found-guilty-of-mine-licence-conspiracy/100303688|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ian Macdonald (New South Wales politician)|Ian Macdonald]]
|
|}
==Queensland==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Year
! Party
! Offence
! Sentence
! Notes
! Reference
|-
| [[William Hamilton (Australian politician)|William Hamilton]]
| 1891
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| conspiracy in connection with the [[1891 Australian shearers' strike|Queensland shearers' strike]]
| 3 years
| future state MP
|<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=B. W.|last=Neethercote|authorlink= |title=Hamilton, William (1858–1920)|volume=9|edition= |year=1983|id2=hamilton-william-6540|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
| [[Brian Austin]]
| 1990
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
| misappropriating public funds
| 15 months
|
|<ref name="Players in a vast drama">{{cite news | date=14 May 2007 | title=Players in a vast drama| newspaper=[[The Courier-Mail|Courier Mail]] | url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21725996-5012936,00.html | accessdate=19 June 2007 | first=Elizabeth | last=Allen}}</ref>
|-
| [[Leisha Harvey]]
| 1990
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
| misappropriating public funds
| 12 months
| 7 months served in home detention
|<ref name="Players in a vast drama"/>
|-
| [[Don Lane (politician)|Don Lane]]
| 1990
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
| misappropriating public funds
| 12 months
|
|<ref name="Players in a vast drama"/>
|-
| [[Geoff Muntz]]
| 1990
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
| misappropriating public funds
| 12 months
|
|<ref name="Players in a vast drama"/>
|-
| [[Keith Wright (Australian politician)|Keith Wright]]
| 1993
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| child sex offences
| 8 years (non-parole period 4 years), paroled after 5½ years
| Former Opposition Leader
|<ref name="newmatilda.com">{{cite web|url=https://newmatilda.com/2008/06/18/pollies-behaving-badly/|title=Pollies Behaving Badly|date=18 June 2008|website=NewMatilda.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bill D'Arcy]]
| 2000
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| child sex offences
| 11 years (non-parole period 7 years)
|
|<ref>{{cite news | date=11 December 2003 | title=D'Arcy child sex trial aborted for third time| newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/darcy-child-sex-trial-aborted-for-third-time-20031212-gdhyql.html | accessdate=8 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[John Budd (politician)|John Budd]]
| 2002
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| fraud and misappropriation
| 2½ years (suspended)
|
| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/ex-mp-escapes-jail-after-stealing-party-funds-20020702-gdff1t.html|title=Ex-MP escapes jail after stealing party funds|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2 July 2002|access-date=11 June 2024}}</ref>
|-
| [[Merri Rose]]
| 2005
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| extortion
| 1½ years
|
|<ref name="newmatilda.com"/>
|-
| [[Karen Struthers]]
| 2007
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Drink driving
| $1,000 fine and loss of licence for 10 months
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/qld-labor-mp-fined-over-drinkdriving-20070828-vrd.html|title=Qld Labor MP fined over drink-driving |date=28 August 2007 |website=SMH.com.au}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gordon Nuttall]]
| 2009, 2011
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Corruption, receiving secret commissions, theft
| 15 years (non-parole period 10 years)
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-15/nuttall-found-guilty-of-corruption/1354284|title=Nuttall found guilty of corruption|date=15 July 2009|website=ABC News}}</ref>
|-
| [[Scott Driscoll]]
| 2013
| [[Liberal National Party of Queensland|Liberal National]]
| 42 counts of contempt of Parliament, four counts of failing to register interests and one count of misleading the House
| fined $84,000 for contempt;
fined $4,000 for failing to register interests;
fined $2,000 for misleading the House; and the Legislative Assembly moved to expel Driscoll from the chamber and declare the seat of Redcliffe vacant "to protect the honour and dignity of the Legislative Authority".
|
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/documents/committees/ETHICS/2013/Matter-of-privilege04Jun2013/Report139.pdf |title=Ethics Committee Report 139|date=19 November 2019|website=Queensland Parliament}}</ref>
|-
|[[Paul Pisasale]]
|2019
|[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]<br>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|2 counts of extortion. In 2020 he pleaded guilty to 30 other charges including Fraud, Sexual Assault and Official Corruption
|7.5 years (non-parole period 3 years)
|Former Mayor of Ipswich
|
|-
|}
==Tasmania==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Year
! Party
! Offence
! Sentence
! Notes
! Reference
|-
| [[John Joseph McDonald|John McDonald]]
| 1951
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Manslaughter
| 10 years' jail
|
| <ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52812891|title=McDonald Convicted of Manslaughter|date=23 April 1951|newspaper=The Examiner|___location=Launceston, Tasmania}}</ref>
|-
| [[Brenton Best]]
| 2002
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Drink driving
| fine and loss of licence
|
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pollbludger.net/2006/03/09/tasmanian-election-braddon-form-guide/ |title=Tasmanian election: Braddon form guide |last=Bowe |first=William |date=9 March 2006 |website=The Poll Bludger |access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Terry Martin (Australian politician)|Terry Martin]]
| 2011
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| Producing child pornography and sexual penetration of a child under the age of 17
| suspended sentence
|
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-MP guilty of sex with child prostitute |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/ex-mp-guilty-of-sex-with-child-prostitute-20111122-1nrg0.html |accessdate=10 May 2019 |website=SMH.com.au |date=22 November 2011}}</ref>
|}
==South Australia==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Year
! Party
! Offence
! Sentence
! Notes
! Reference
|-
|[[John Richards (Australian politician)|John Richards]]
|1882
|
|Twice convicted of cheque fraud
|Imprisonment for 1 months and imprisonment for 3 months
|
|<ref>{{cite news |date=23 December 1881 |title=Mr John Richards |page=3 |newspaper=[[Kapunda Herald]] |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106568317 |access-date=10 December 2022 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=1 July 1882 |title=Adelaide gossip |page=3 |newspaper=[[Port Augusta Dispatch and Flinders' Advertiser]] |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195909621 |access-date=10 December 2022 |via=Trove}}</ref>
|-
|[[Beasley Kearney]]
|1933
|[[Australian Labor Party (South Australian Branch)|Labor]]
|Fraud
|Imprisonment for 3 years
|
|<ref>{{cite news|date=10 August 1933|title=Ex-M.P. sent to gaol|volume=|page=39|newspaper=[[The Chronicle (Adelaide)|The Chronicle]]|issue=|___location=|url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90888549|via=Trove|accessdate=24 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tammy Franks]]
|2012
|[[Greens South Australia]]
|Tax Return FTL Penalty (10 charges of failing to lodge tax returns)
|Fined $6600 and ordered her to pay $7,500 court costs
|
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 October 2012 |title=Greens MP Franks fined for tax offences |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/greens-mp-franks-fined-for-tax-offences-20121017-27r1z.html |access-date=21 June 2022 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 June 2024 |title=Failure to lodge on time penalty |url=https://www.ato.gov.au/individuals-and-families/paying-the-ato/interest-and-penalties/penalties/failure-to-lodge-on-time-penalty |access-date=24 April 2025 |website=Australian Government - Australian Taxation Office |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Bernard Finnigan]]
| 2015
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]<br>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| Obtaining access to child pornography
| A 15-month [[suspended sentence]] with a three-year $1,000 good behaviour bond
| Also added to the [[Sex offender registry|sex offender register]]
| <ref name=sentence>{{cite news|last1=Marcus|first1=Candice|title=Bernard Finnigan: Former MP gets 15 months' jail suspended in favour of bond|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-09/bernard-finnigan-sentenced-porn-offence/7012414|accessdate=9 December 2015|work=ABC News|date=9 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=lead2>{{Cite web|title = MLC Bernard Finnigan quits politics after guilty verdict on child porn|url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-12/mlc-bernard-finnigan-quits-politics-after-being-found-guilty/6936292|website = ABC News|date = 12 November 2015|accessdate = 12 November 2015|language = en-AU}}</ref><ref name="lead3">{{cite news | url=http://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/bernard-finnigan-sa-court-hands-down-verdict-on-child-pornography-trial-of-former-sa-labour-mp/story-fnii5yv4-1227602771531 | title=Bernard Finnigan guilty: SA court hands down verdict on child pornography against former SA Labor MP | work=AdelaideNow | date=10 November 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[Troy Bell (politician)|Troy Bell]]
| 2024
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]<br>[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 20 counts of theft and five counts of dishonest dealings with documents
|
|
| <ref name="bell">{{cite news |title=South Australian MP Troy Bell's offending motivated by 'greed' as prosecutors push for jail term |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/troy-bell-sentencing/105074960 |access-date=28 April 2025 |work=ABC News |date=20 March 2025 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|-
| [[David Speirs]]
| 2025
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| Two counts of supplying a controlled drug
| A $9,000 fine and 37.5 hours of community service.
|
| <ref name="speirs">{{cite news |title=David Speirs has gone from alternative SA premier to convicted drug supplier |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-25/david-speirs-drug-supply-conviction-analysis-/105213210 |access-date=26 April 2025 |work=ABC News |date=24 April 2025 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|}
==Victoria==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Year
! Party
! Offence
! Sentence
! Notes
! Reference
|-
| [[Carolyn Hirsh]]
| 2004
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Drink driving
| $600 fine and driving ban of 6 months
|
|<ref name="smh.com.au">{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Drunk-MP-asleep-at-wheel/2005/03/30/1111862440835.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Drink-driving Lib MP fell asleep at wheel | date=30 March 2005}}</ref>
|-
| [[Andrew Olexander]]
| 2004
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| Drink driving
| $500 fine and loss of licence for 12 months
|
|<ref name="smh.com.au"/>
|-
| [[Carolyn Hirsh]]
| 2006
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Drink driving and driving while disqualified
| $600 fine and driving ban of 1 year
|
|<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Vic-MP-guilty-of-2nd-drinkdrive-offence/2006/08/28/1156617259896.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Vic MP guilty of 2nd drink-drive offence | date=28 August 2006}}</ref>
|-
| [[Adem Somyurek]]
| 2009
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| Driving while disqualified
| One-month suspended jail sentence and $300 fine
|
|<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-12-10/labor-mp-sentenced-for-driving-offence/1177260 | work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation | title=Labor MP sentenced for driving offence | date=10 December 2009}}</ref>
|-
| [[Tim Smith (Australian politician)|Tim Smith]]
| 2021
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| Drink driving
| $750 fine and 1 year license suspension
|
|<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/liberal-mp-tim-smith-resigns-after-crashing-car-driving-more-than-twice-legal-limit-20211031-p594pt.html | work=The Age | title=Move to oust Liberal Tim Smith from electorate after drink-driving crash | date=31 October 2021}}</ref>
|-
| [[Russell Northe]]
| 2023
| [[National Party of Australia|National]]
| Misconduct in public office
| 21-month jail sentence
|
|<ref name="northe">{{cite news |title=Former MP jailed for gambling almost $180,000 of electoral office funds |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-25/russell-northe-sentenced-gambling-county-court-parliament/103014400 |access-date=25 October 2023 |work=ABC News |date=25 October 2023 |language=en-AU}}</ref>
|}
==Western Australia==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name
! Year
! Party
! Offence
! Sentence
! Notes
! Ref
|-
| [[Julian Stuart]]
| 1891
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| conspiracy in connection with the [[1891 Australian shearers' strike|Queensland shearers' strike]]
| 3 years
| future state MP
|<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Donald|last=Grant|authorlink= |title=Stuart, John Alexander Salmon (1866–1929)|volume=12|edition= |year=1990|id2=stuart-john-alexander-salmon-8706|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
| [[George Taylor (Australian politician)|George Taylor]]
| 1891
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| conspiracy in connection with the Queensland shearers' strike
| 3 years
| future state MP
|<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Wendy|last=Birman|authorlink= |title=Taylor, George (1861–1935)|volume=12|edition= |year=1990|id2=taylor-george-8755|accessdate=}}</ref>
|-
| [[John Marquis Hopkins]]
| 1910
| [[Ministerialists and Oppositionists (Western Australia)|Ministerial]]
| Forging and uttering a promissory note
| 5 years
| sitting state MP
| <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article211919661 |title=J. M. Hopkins Convicted. |newspaper=[[The Northam Advertiser]] |volume=XVII |issue=1,559 |___location=Western Australia |date=16 April 1910 |accessdate=7 March 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| [[Frederick Baglin]]
| 1923
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| stealing as a servant
| 3 years
| sitting state MP
|<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22622328 "Ex-Legislator Sentenced."], ''[[The West Australian]]'', 15 August 1923.</ref>
|-
|[[Bill Grayden]]
|1978
|[[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
|assault and wilful damage
|
|sitting state MP
|<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article126876270 |title=WA's new Premier steps warily into the giant's shoes |newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=4 February 1982 |access-date=15 March 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| [[Brian Burke (Australian politician)|Brian Burke]]
| 1994
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| fraud
| two years
| former state premier, guilty of four counts of defrauding the state by making false claims on the parliamentary [[imprest system|imprest account]], paroled after seven months
|<ref>{{cite news | date=9 November 2006 | title=Former WA premier to quit ALP | newspaper=[[The Australian]] | url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20728716-1702,00.html | accessdate=20 December 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310064151/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20728716-1702,00.html | archive-date=10 March 2007 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| [[Ray O'Connor]]
| 1995
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| stealing a [[Bond Corporation]] cheque
| 18 months
| former state premier, paroled after six months
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Courts embroil MPs in wild West|date=5 July 1999|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|___location=Sydney|page=2}}<!--|accessdate=2008-01-21--></ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Barker |first=Anthony |title=What Happened When: A Chronology of Australia from 1788 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6qaW9wt7ySAC&q=%22ray+o+connor%22+sentenced+bond+corporation&pg=PA360 |year=2001 |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |___location=Australia |isbn=1-86508-426-3 |page=360 }}</ref>
|-
| [[David Parker (Australian politician)|David Parker]]
| 1996
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| perjury
| 18 months
| former state deputy premier, paroled after six months
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Parker appeal dismissed|date=21 December 1996|newspaper=[[The West Australian]]}}<!--|accessdate=2008-01-19--></ref>
|-
|[[Brian Burke (Australian politician)|Brian Burke]]
|1997
|[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|stealing $122,585 in campaign donations from the Labor Party
|3 years
|former state premier, conviction quashed after six months in jail
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Beresford |first1=Quentin |title=The second coming of Brian Burke |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/the-second-coming-of-brian-burke-20080726-jcng0 |website=Australian Financial Review |access-date=19 May 2023 |date=26 July 2008}}</ref>
|-
| [[Wayde Smith]]
| 1998
| [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| perjury
| 18 months
| paroled after six months
|<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-MP jailed in perjury case|date=5 November 1997|newspaper=[[The West Australian]]}}<!--|accessdate=2008-01-19--></ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Smith loses realtor licence|date=22 August 1998|newspaper=[[The West Australian]]}}<!--|accessdate=2008-01-19--></ref>
|-
| [[Graham Burkett]]
| 2006
| [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
| receiving bribes
| 14 months
| former mayor of [[City of Stirling|Stirling]] and state MP
|<ref>(28 February 2006). [https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-02-28/former-wa-politician-jailed-for-corruption/808190 "Former WA politician jailed for corruption"] – ABC News. Retrieved 8 October 2020.</ref>
|-
|[[Ben Dawkins]]
|2023
|[[Australian Labor Party|Labor]]
|Breaching a violence restraining order
|Yet to be sentenced
|sitting state MP, expelled from the Labor Party
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bourke |first1=Keane |title=Ben Dawkins to be expelled from WA Labor after admitting breaching family violence order |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-17/ben-dawkins-set-to-be-expelled-from-wa-labor/101968634 |website=ABC News |access-date=19 May 2023 |date=17 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Moulton |first1=Emily |title=Ben Dawkins: WA's newest MP has seven domestic violence charges dropped |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/ben-dawkins-was-newest-mp-has-seven-domestic-violence-charges-dropped-c-10699742 |website=The West Australian |access-date=19 May 2023 |date=19 May 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
|-
|[[James Hayward (politician)|James Hayward]]
|2023
|National Party
|charged with child sex offences.
|Yet to be sentenced
|sitting state MP,
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Menagh |first=Joanna |date=28 August 2023 |title=WA MP James Hayward found guilty of child sex abuse, disqualified from parliament |work=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-28/wa-mp-james-hayward-found-guilty-of-sexually-abusing-young-girl/102772004 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
|}
==See also==
*[[List of political controversies in Australia]]
*[[Rory Amon]]- former member of the [[New South Wales Legislative Assembly]] awaiting trial for child sex crimes
==Notes==
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==References==
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