Secret Liberal WhatsApp group probed in post-mortem of WA party's election wipe-out

Secret Liberal WhatsApp group probed in post-mortem of WA party’s election wipe-outSecret communications between a group of WA Liberal powerbrokers known as ‘The Clan’ have been exposed during an investigation into the party’s state election wipe-out.Using WhatsApp chat groups, more than a dozen people participated to orchestrate Liberal pre-selections and other party processes.Current and former WA liberal powerbrokers Peter Collier, Nick Goiran and Mathias Cormann.Members of the group have included former federal minister Mathias Cormann, state Liberal MPs Peter Collier and Nick Goiran, and the current WA Liberal president Fay Duda.“There was a group – a WhatsApp group,” Ms Duda said on Friday.“There’s been a clan for a long time, not just with Mathias Cormann. I’d probably count a dozen times that I might have participated, but I don’t know.”Mr Cormann is the current secretary general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), based in ParisIt’s understood about 700 pages of WhatsApp messages have been leaked. They lay bare the casual attitude the group has towards controlling internal party matters.“Somebody will say that’s how I’m voting, but that’s not compulsory,” Ms Duda said.“I’d be astounded if there was 700 pages, to be honest.”Those outside the group, who are…
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