☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 18 cont</p><p>The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> has a candidate problem cont</p><p>“On March 5, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Yung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yung</span></a> admitted to falsely claiming he had raised $60,000 during an intimate dinner with <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JohnHoward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnHoward</span></a> ahead of the 2019 state election. He did not specify how much was actually raised. Then revelations came out that the then-<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Kogarah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kogarah</span></a> candidate engaged a *digital strategy firm* to undertake work potentially worth tens of thousands of dollars.</p><p>One month later, a leaked video of a speech Yung gave during a Lunar New Year celebration discredited previous efforts to distance himself from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/XieXiongming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XieXiongming</span></a>, a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/casino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>casino</span></a> high roller linked to the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChineseCommunistParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChineseCommunistParty</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Nationals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nationals</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CPP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/savad" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/savad</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/frantic-calls-party-concern-as-lib-candidate-under-spotlight-20250409-p5lqkx.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theage.com.au/politics/federal</span><span class="invisible">/frantic-calls-party-concern-as-lib-candidate-under-spotlight-20250409-p5lqkx.html</span></a>&gt; (paywall)</p>