Exclusive Brethren leaders called to answer for far-right 2025 federal election plot

— 6:52pm , first published 12:46pm

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Share A A A The world leader of the Exclusive Brethren and his son could be forced to answer questions before a parliamentary inquiry about the church’s covert, multimillion-dollar “influence campaign” supporting the Coalition at the last federal election, as Labor takes aim at the Liberals for defending the sect.

The parliamentary committee examining the 2025 election has agreed to subpoena Bruce Hales and his son Gareth, the most powerful leaders of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, if they will not voluntarily provide evidence about the church’s secret payments to far-right agitators to harass Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and other left-leaning MPs on the campaign trail.