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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Krishani Dhanji, Josh Butler and Sarah Basford Canales

Brethren church denies paying far-right activists to stage election stunts targeting Albanese and others

Plymouth Brethren Christian Church director Lloyd Grimshaw appears via video link before the inquiry into the 2025 federal election at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday
Plymouth Brethren Christian Church director Lloyd Grimshaw appears via video link before the inquiry into the 2025 federal election at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has denied it secretly paid far-right influencers to stage stunts targeting Anthony Albanese and other politicians during an appearance at a parliamentary inquiry into the 2025 election.

The church also denied claims it had coordinated hundreds of volunteers to support Liberal candidates, including at polling booths across the country.

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