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MPs clash over grilling of Exclusive Brethren leader on alleged election campaigning – video

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MPs clash over grilling of Exclusive Brethren leader on alleged election campaigning – video

Exclusive Brethren leader Bruce Hales denies any role in coordinating church members’ campaigning for the Liberals during the 2025 federal election, telling a parliamentary inquiry he had ‘no knowledge’ of the events and ‘no part in planning them’.

Hales says his sons may have deliberately kept him

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