Premier Daniel Andrews, state leader of the Australian state of Victoria, has denied any involvement in “branch stacking” activities which have been the focus of an anti-corruption inquiry into the state’s public service. Federal Member of Parliament Anthony Byrne has given detailed testimony over the past two days of branch stacking within the Australian Labor Party (ALP) offices in Melbourne alleging ALP faction, the Socialist Left, was involved in the practice. Andrews, a member of the Socialist Left, said he had not attended factional meetings since 2010 when he became the state’s ALP leader. “I follow the party’s rules, and I behave appropriately,” he told reporters on Oct. 12. “If you go and ask [wife] Cath and the kids, they’ll tell you I’ve had no time to do much else other than my parliamentary and my ministerial duties.” However, Andrews did concede that there was a “cultural problem” in the …