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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Krishani Dhanji

Exclusive Brethren head denies knowing church members were volunteering for Liberal party during 2025 election

Bruce Hales, the head of the Exclusive Brethren church
Bruce Hales, the Brethren’s most senior member, said he had no involvement or knowledge of church members volunteering for the Coalition. Photograph: Hilary Wardhaugh/AAP

The most senior member of the Exclusive Brethren has denied any knowledge of or involvement in thousands of members from his church volunteering for the Liberal party at the 2025 election.

The Plymouth Brethren christian church has rejected claims it coordinated volunteers and a campaign for the Coalition, and that it secretly paid far-right figures to stage stunts against the prime minister and other Labor MPs.

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