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Candidate's husband faces expulsion over flyer scandal
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Flyer scandal: The bogus leaflet (ABC)

Senior Liberal Party sources say Greg Chijoff, the husband of Lindsay candidate Karen Chijoff, will be expelled from the party over the fake campaign pamphlet scandal.

Senior party sources say Mr Chijoff was involved in the distribution of fake flyers from the non-existent 'Islamic Australia Foundation' in the marginal Sydney seat.

But a former campaigner for Ms Kelly says her team has used questionable tactics before - including issuing fake 'how to vote' cards on the 2001 polling day.

Ken Higgs says it was openly discussed at campaign meetings as a way to counter a threat from a resident action group which was campaigning on a platform to save a local defence site.

"It actually said how to save the ADI site and the number one preference was Jackie Kelly and our Liberal party booth workers were told to put on a 'Save the ADI site' T-shirt and hand out this bogus how to vote card," he said.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has referred Labor Party complaints over the flyers to the Federal Police.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/11/22/2098121.htm