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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Henry Belot and Wing Kuang

Video claiming re-elected Labor would ‘plunder’ middle class made by member of WeChat Liberal campaign group

Screenshots from a video shared on WeChat made by Auntie Guoer
Screenshots from a video shared on WeChat. Auntie Guoer, who says she voluntarily made the video, describes herself as a longtime supporter of the Liberal party. Photograph: WeChat

A video shared thousands of times on a Chinese social media platform claiming a re-elected Albanese government would adopt “the far-left agenda” of the Greens and potentially seize vacant homes was created by a member of a WeChat group campaigning for the Liberal party in a marginal Melbourne seat.

The six-minute video, narrated by a woman who refers to herself as Auntie Guoer, also claims any minority Albanese government that might rely on the Greens would “crackdown on the middle class” and lead to the decline of “traditional social structures”.

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