If there was something more needed to convince Australia that John Howard needs to go, it might be that this latest attempt at racist campaign mischief may be just that little thing which tips the balance.
In The Daily Telegraph this morning.
"THE Liberal Party has been hugely embarrassed over a campaign team caught delivering fake letters linking Labor with the Bali bombers.
The grubby night-time operation in St Marys, in the seat of Lindsay, was busted by a squad of ALP sleuths who conducted a stake-out.
Police have been called in to investigate the distribution of the letter, as well as the Australian Electoral Commission.
The Liberal Party yesterday expelled two members involved in the scheme.
The gang included Gary Clark, husband of retiring MP for Lindsay Jackie Kelly, and party state executive member Jeff Egan. Another was named by Labor as Troy Craig, president of the Glenmore Action Group."
Alleged timeline:
"TUESDAY: Labor officials, acting on a tip-off, stake-out a Penrith house:
8PM to 8.30pm: Three cars park near the house and the occupants enter it;
8.40PM: A group of men leave the house and walk up the road to Ms Kelly's residence;
8.58PM: Six men leave the Kelly house to the three cars which arrived earlier, and drive to the Great Western Highway;
9.25PM: At St Marys they turn into Glossop St, then Debrincat St where they separate at corner with Boronia Rd.
9.30PM: Two men seen putting material into Boronia Rd letterboxes, which the ALP shadows find to be the fake Islamic Australia Federation letters.
The Labor men confront the pair and identify one as Mr Egan, a prominent Liberal Party figure in the Blue Mountains area.
9.30PM: Two men seen letterboxing the same material in Maple Rd. They are approached and identified as Ms Kelly's husband Gary Clark and a man said to be president of a residents' action group."
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