In the final weeks of the 2025 federal election campaign, I was asked by a senior Liberal Party official to meet two men described to me as small business people.
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When a Liberal senator, I was asked by the party to meet with some ‘business people’. Nobody told me they were Brethren
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Brisbane Times
When a Liberal senator, I was asked by the party to meet with some ‘business people’. Nobody told me they were Brethren
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The Sydney Morning Herald
When a Liberal senator, I was asked by the party to meet with some ‘business people’. Nobody told me they were Brethren
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WAtoday
When a Liberal senator, I was asked by the party to meet with some ‘business people’. Nobody told me they were Brethren
summary only, not scored