Marshall lurches into minority government as MP faces criminal charges

The Marshall Government has fallen into political upheaval, with its parliamentary majority evaporating overnight as the ongoing parliamentary entitlements scandal saw a first-term MP charged with falsely claiming more than $18,000 – and the state’s corruption watchdog revealing it continues to investigate others.

Marshall Govt in minority after MP's ICAC charge

The Marshall Government has been plunged into minority after Liberal MP Fraser Ellis told Parliament at 2am that he had been charged for alleged offences resulting from the ICAC country members allowance investigation and was moving to the crossbench.