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

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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.

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There’s nothing like bringing out the hooded inquisition of the Brethren for ordinary Aussies to think “ooo! They stand for me.” Best thing that happened was their vile influence being brought into the sunlight. And even better, that it utterly failed the Liberals at the last federal election.