Matthew Guy denies loss of senior Victorian Liberal official will impact state election campaign

Liberal party source says departure of deputy director Scott Samson shows campaign is a mess'

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Victoria's opposition leader, Matthew Guy, has denied the loss of a deputy Liberal party director less than two months out from the state election will impact his campaign, despite a senior source describing it as a mess".

Scott Samson resigned as deputy director last week, as part of a wider restructure Guardian Australia understands was instigated by Greg Mirabella, who took over as state president five weeks ago.

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