Article 5XDE0 ‘Gone rogue’: Liberal Democrats staffer hijacks party email to send scathing message

‘Gone rogue’: Liberal Democrats staffer hijacks party email to send scathing message

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Josh Butler
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Staffer for Australian political party alleges misuse of donations, nepotism, and big problem with women' in widely-shared resignation email

A staffer for the Liberal Democrats has gone rogue" and sent a scathing message from the party's official email account to more than 40,000 subscribers, alleging nepotism and misuse of donations, and claiming she was vastly underpaid for working up to 80 hours a week. Her comments appeared to be directed to the party as a whole, rather than individuals.

I will be cancelling my own membership with the party," Kirsty O'Sullivan wrote in the email, sent from the LDP's party account just minutes before she quit her job.

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