Victorian minister under fire for writing 33 character references including for taxi driver who assaulted women
Summary
Victorian government minister Luba Grigorovitch admitted she regrets writing six character references, including one for a taxi driver convicted of assaulting female passengers. She announced she will stop writing character references after acknowledging she was unaware of some individuals’ criminal histories.Key Facts
- Luba Grigorovitch has written around 33 character references since late 2022.
- She regrets six of these references, realizing she should not have written them.
- One reference was for Muhammad Isa, a taxi driver convicted of indecent assault in 2013.
- Grigorovitch did not know about Isa’s past offenses when she wrote the reference.
- She also wrote a reference for a man denied a partner visa because of past domestic violence.
- Grigorovitch apologized and said she will no longer provide character references.
- She knew the people personally as community volunteers but had no vetting process.
- Opposition politicians criticized her for the references and questioned her fitness for office.
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