AFP Assistant Commissioner Kirsty Schofield said this outcome was the result of diligent investigation and financial analysis in the wake of the initial Operation Elbrus arrests.
With roughly one-third of the total votes cast at the election to be lodged in Sydney’s west, there is no path to victory for the Coalition or Labor without the region’s support.
The cleaners were Sri Lankan and Nepalese nationals, aged between 19 and their early 20s at the time. They were in Australia on student visas and post-study work visas.
Financial details of several individuals and businesses were also unlawfully obtained, resulting in using credit card information to make a series of unauthorised purchases.
While the Coalition only gained one point on two-party vote, the change in primary votes implies that the Coalition’s gains were greater, and that rounding saved Labor from a 53-47 Newspoll.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.
