Ex-Labor MP Belinda Neal expelled
Former federal MP Belinda Neal has been expelled from the NSW Labor party over allegations of branch stacking.
Labor party officers met to rubber-stamp the decision on Monday following a recommendation from the party's Internal Appeals Tribunal which upheld charges Ms Neal had engaged in "unworthy conduct".
The controversial former MP had been charged under party rules by another ALP member who alleged that on several occasions in 2015 Ms Neal attended her NSW home and "asked me to sign the Woy Woy branch book", Fairfax Media reports.
Ms Neal was seeking preselection for the Central Coast seat of Robertson for the 2016 federal election at the time.
"The party officers today adopted the decision of the Internal Appeal Tribunal and resolved that Belinda Neal be expelled from NSW Labor," general secretary Kaila Murnain tweeted on Monday.
The former NSW senator became embroiled in controversy in 2008 over claims of a heated incident with staff at Gosford waterfront bistro Iguana Joe's, in which she allegedly asked: "Don't you know who I am?"
Ms Neal denied the claims and was cleared of any wrongdoing.
In February, she indicated she would contest Labor preselection for the state seat of Gosford following the retirement of cancer-stricken Labor MP Kathy Smith.
Former Paralympic gold medallist Liesl Tesch went on to win preselection and the seat at the April by-election.
Ms Neal, who is married to former NSW ALP general secretary and former health minister John Della Bosca, has been contacted for comment.
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