Josh Frydenberg and Gladys Liu's election win cleared by Federal Court sumeyyailanbey
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Liberal MP Gladys Liu's election wins in May were challenged by failed candidate Oliver Yates, who ran against Mr Frydenberg in Kooyong, and climate campaigner Vanessa Garbett.
They had asked the Court of Disputed Returns – sitting in the Federal Court in Melbourne –to void the election wins of Mr Frydenberg and Ms Liu.But on Christmas Eve, the Federal Court dismissed the pair's petition, handing an early Christmas present to the government. Mr Frost had earlier admitted the signs were deliberately created in the same colours used by the AEC, but the party’s lawyer Philip Solomon, QC, argued there was no suggestion he had misled or sought to mislead voters in casting their ballots.
“There is no basis to find either Ms Liu or Mr Frydenbreg were accessorily liable for Mr Frost’s conduct, a submission briefly made by the applicant in their written submissions but not pursued in the hearing.”
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