Paul Fletcher used PCYC’s endorsement ‘without permission’ on election flyers, youth charity claims

PCYC NSW said it was ‘concerned the PCYC name has been used without permission for political purposes’ on the Paul Fletcher flyers distributed in Sydney’s north. Photograph: Supplied

Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW has asked the communications minister, Paul Fletcher, to stop using election flyers featuring its Hornsby president, claiming an endorsement quoted by the Coalition MP was used without the permission of the charity or the local president.

Another Liberal MP, Julian Simmonds, has separately come under fire for using months-old endorsements from a local charity and church group in his own political material.