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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 30 cont 🤪⛪️🗳️“A separatist <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristianSect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ChristianSect</a> which tells its members to hate the world and which objects to voting is campaigning for the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nationals</a> parties ahead of Saturday’s federal election. The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PlymouthBrethrenChristianChurch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlymouthBrethrenChristianChurch</a>, formerly known as the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ExclusiveBrethren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExclusiveBrethren</a>, has dispatched hundreds of its members to pre-polling booths in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarginalSeats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarginalSeats</a> while instructing them to keep secret that they are members of the controversial <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a>.Workers in five marginal seats in Victoria and NSW told this masthead they had encountered 20 or more Brethren members wearing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#National</a> campaign T-shirts handing out how-to-vote cards, some of whom identified themselves as members of the sect. The seats – <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kooyong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kooyong</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gorton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gorton</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Hawke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hawke</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Gilmore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gilmore</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Calare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calare</a> – are held by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/independents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independents</a>.The accounts were backed by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LaborParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborParty</a> campaign sources, speaking anonymously because they were not authorised to speak publicly, who claimed the Brethren members were active in seats in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSW</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victoria</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Queensland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queensland</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tasmania</a>, including <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bennelong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bennelong</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Parramatta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parramatta</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Whitlam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Whitlam</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Macquarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macquarie</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Paterson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Paterson</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Lyons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lyons</a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Reid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reid</a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Blair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blair</a>.”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremism</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RightWing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RightWing</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Coalition</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voting</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/osEeV" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/osEeV</a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/exclusive-brethren-don-t-vote-but-are-secretly-campaigning-for-the-coalition-20250428-p5luny.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/exclusive-brethren-don-t-vote-but-are-secretly-campaigning-for-the-coalition-20250428-p5luny.html</a>> (paywall).

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Day 26 cont 📈📉📊“The top reasons <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/voters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#voters</a> are hesitant on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Albanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Albanese</a> or <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Dutton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dutton</a> – and it’s worse in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarginalSeats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarginalSeats</a>: An exclusive survey for this masthead, conducted by research firm <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ResolveStrategic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ResolveStrategic</a>, reveals the top concerns voters have when considering either of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MajorParties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MajorParties</a> on May 3.”<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labor</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LNP</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/National" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#National</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/greens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greens</a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Independents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Independents</a> <<a href="https://archive.md/rNBDk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.md/rNBDk</a>> / <<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-top-reasons-voters-are-hesitant-on-albanese-or-dutton-and-it-s-worse-in-marginal-seats-20250418-p5lst0.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-top-reasons-voters-are-hesitant-on-albanese-or-dutton-and-it-s-worse-in-marginal-seats-20250418-p5lst0.html</a>> (paywall)

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