The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters resolved to require the attendance of Mr Bruce Hales and Mr Gareth Hales, senior leaders of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, to give evidence. Reports over the past year have been alarming. They show senior Brethren members at the heart of organising flooding of election booths. They show senior members of the church organising known agitators and Nazi associates to track the Prime Minister, harass candidates and disrupt our democracy. These are serious matters, and the Brethren need to show up and fess up. The health of our democracy is an issue that should be above politics. There should be unanimous condemnation of this behaviour, and there should be a united front to take steps to address it. But that is not the case. The Liberal Party have not condemned the Brethren. Instead, the Liberal Party call the Brethren 'a support group'. That needs to change.