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DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
10. OVERSEAS sources
Mon Mar 28, 2016, 01:39 PM
Mar 2016

[link:http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/feb/28/bill-shorten-criticises-labor-officials-on-bernie-sanders-campaign|

Mr Wright said he believed the program, administered by the Department of Finance, was compliant with all US election laws. Labor, the Coalition and the Greens have each received funding from the controversial program.
"I have initiated an investigation to ensure that it is. We believe that our program is compliant but clearly the behaviour of these individuals in the video is, on the face of it, completely unacceptable and I will also be investigating that."
He said four Labor members had been involved in the exchange program, and they had all returned to Australia since its completion.
"They are there as observers and they should just be observing, not posting stuff on social media and certainly not doing the type of things they are depicted doing."
Mr Wright said Project Veritas Action's methods were questionable.


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I found PLENTY of RW sites as well, but I'll not be posting those here, of course.
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