I made a full disclosure to Peter Beattie of the conflict of interest  (a political relationship) in the District Office that was affecting my complaint. I did not copy this email to anybody. "Dear Mr Beattie, ... I have tried very hard for two years to deal with this situation in a way that does no harm to the Labor party. I have been an active Labor party member and an active union member for several years. I do not want to do anything to harm the Labor party - but I do not want to suffer injustice just BECAUSE I am a member of the Labor party. ... ... both (school administrator G.R.) (the bully) and I were Labor party members when this all began. We both worked for (I disclosed the political relationship that had created a conflict of interest in the District Office and that had made it very difficult for me to complain about Mrs GR's bullying) . Because I did not want to cause friction in the local groups I have dropped out of all activities with the Labor party since this all began two years ago. I have avoided involving the local members in the problem. But it meant that I had to deal with it alone. Because (of the conflict of interest) I was very reluctant to make a formal complaint to the Industrial Relations Tribunal with the resulting publicity. I tried very hard to deal with the bullying informally.  ... I feel