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Victorian Liberal Party branch-stacking investigation finds 170 memberships paid by someone else
More than 150 members of the Victorian Liberal Party are set to be expelled after a branch-stacking investigation found they did not pay for their own membership fees.
Key points:
- The state party president says the findings are concerning and point to “serious breakdowns in standards”
- Some senior figures have expressed anger over the audit, while others say it has not gone far enough
- The administrative committee will meet next week to decide what actions will be taken
The investigation, conducted by forensic accountants KordaMentha, has revealed 170 memberships were paid for by another person’s credit card, which is against party rules.
The probe threatens to further inflame internal party tensions, with some senior figures expressing anger…
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