John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

No, they are not employees of the Liberal Party. The member is as tricky as his leader when it comes to the use of the English language. Neither Textor nor Crosby are employees of the Liberal Party, they run a business and they are entitled to do work for clients other than the Liberal Party just as Rod Cameron, when he ran ANOP, was entitled to do work—and he got plenty of it—for clients other than the Australian Labor Party. Let me make it very clear: the taxpayer will not be funding any campaign by the business community or any campaign by the trade union movement.

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