Commission will continue to withhold public campaign funding for the NSW Liberal party and will not retract statement mentioning the senior Coalition frontbencherThe unique South Wales Electoral Commission has stood firm on its decision to withhold public campaign funding for the NSW branch of the Liberal party, despite the Coalition frontbencher Arthur Sinodinos threatening it with legal action.final week Sinodinos’s lawyers wrote to the commission expressing concern that documents it had published advising of its decision to withhold funds implied that Sinodinos had engaged in wrongdoing.
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Source: theguardian.com