An Australian politician has come under attack for moonlighting at Minter Ellison.

Patrick Conlon, a Labor Party member of the South Australian Parliament since 1997 and a cabinet minister for many of those years, on Monday joined the Adelaide office of Minter Ellison as a part-time solicitor working three days a week. According to press reports, the firm is paying him roughly $152,000 a year, almost exactly the same as his salary from parliament.

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