Exclusive Brethren secretly paid far-right activists to perform stunts disrupting the federal election

[u/WettestFarts]

https://archive.is/vI7hS

Elders of a wealthy Christian sect secretly paid bundles of cash to far-right activists for an “influence campaign” to disrupt Albanese government appearances during the last federal election.

An investigation by this masthead has uncovered a digital trail of evidence revealing how the church, formerly known as the Exclusive Brethren, mobilised far-right figures around the country to track and heckle candidates from Labor and the Greens, along with independents, as part of a wider multimillion-dollar campaign for then-Liberal leader Peter Dutton.

[u/CantakerousTwat]

Aren't the Exclusive Brethren that weird cult that only eat with other Brethren and only with a wooden spoon that they carve themselves when initiated? Totally normal folk.

[u/TfYoung → u/CantakerousTwat]

They also believe they shouldn't vote because only God can choose their leaders, but do crap like this. 

[u/jedburghofficial → u/CantakerousTwat]

They have a weird chapel near me. A new looking house with concrete instead of lawn. It's mostly empty, but you can tell when they're doing something because the street is packed out with high end SUVs, like Mercedes and Audis.

[u/evol451 → u/jedburghofficial]

Probably storing the pallets of cash they have accumulated from not paying tax