WA election Liberal candidate Andrea Tokaji withdraws after ‘dangerous’ 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory beliefs revealed

WA Opposition leader Zak Kirkup says “dangerous conspiracy theories” have no place in the Liberal party, after a candidate withdrew from the election when an opinion piece she wrote connecting the 5G network to coronavirus surfaced.

Andrea Tokaji was the Liberal candidate for Baldivis and wrote a piece on a conservative website in April last year which gave breath to the conspiracy theory.

Mr Kirkup said he asked her to withdraw her candidacy when he found out about the article.

“Reading those comments, I was…