Balanced News: Vodka, nuggets and a $120k car crash: claims fly in messy council feud

The Canterbury Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour has accused his predecessor and upper house candidate, Tania Mihailuk, of spending ratepayers’ money on scotch, Russian vodka, and two bunches of flowers for a former Labor MP who is now facing misconduct charges. Asfour, who stepped down from Labor’s upper house ticket but not the mayoralty after revelations he charged more than $2000 worth of designer business wear to council, said Mihailuk also caused $120,000 in damage when she crashed a council car into a Hummer. The allegations, made before a parliamentary committee, intensify the messy public feud between the former allies.