{"id":835838,"date":"2026-07-31T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835838\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T14:59:07","slug":"staffer-accuses-liberal-of-taxpayer-funded-campaign-the-mercury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/835838\/","title":{"rendered":"Staffer accuses Liberal of taxpayer-funded campaign &#8211; The Mercury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxPRlo4X21TbzRJSFZuSmdvRzlDMFBMTFVQVk55b1BpWU0yYnFHS2haSW5JQ0FFbjZyTi1hNEl4N1dNRWRyTHl3TGwtUjJ6eERRbTZDRjFVMTA0eVNoaUw3UE90QWVGclVVMERUaG1yMjJVREptT1FJTm9oX1IwaUN0NGFSQm9yOEtGZm54ZnotaG5SMVZ1R0VHWWo1S2ZIR2I4RGt2YWV3SkJGR2JtSm9oWHlxTTJaZTZZdFZtWWp0VXAwSUUtODhMUDkxQkx3cEJWSGxSRkl5WGpXemFTZl9JbzhRR3RrTVV5VjE3Z1kxSWM5NFlBSTlTM2lR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Staffer accuses Liberal of taxpayer-funded campaign<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mercury<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxON01nNjFvS1pESXZQOHFzWExxckY2dXo3TnZVSi1nWWlsa2tlM25hUFFXOU9ZbWtVUWpZWTAweHV4Q3Y1OVdoYmtSOVMwUHNVTVB5MnZNS0VOTXFnQVRXX0kyMHk4VWZsM3JESHF5bmliOExpX2ZSVXR3blFPVHR5aGJUQ3h5SXZad1VLMGFENU5nSXVxdDBab25WQW5hNU1GSERPeC13?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Political staffer alleges she was ordered to campaign for Liberal candidate<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News &amp; Headlines \u2013 Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixgFBVV95cUxQWU13dHlTSDBoS1JnaDdVZ3Z1S3YxYi0tVmhtQVZkOTBIaWNUTklaUVItajFKazZtMU5wNWtlaGVpeFAyal9jdHpzUm5ULW5ZdTNnTTFfSFJ0Ti14cXJ4dmkzTkVOY3NtOWx4QXlsUlRoMjk5TmhSMmp0RnV5a2lteXlZVjg0dVZlR2ZsT0ttcEVpdE9abTRpLWpFcGpaYTdhNkFaWmZlcWpEWnNzOTU5Ty04eGZJekJrRFlXZDYwVnZMWEhkQlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Committee witness claims Jane Howlett directed staffer to do campaign work on taxpayers dime<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Pulse Tasmania<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipwFBVV95cUxQMnVzWDRsaGlCQl9fQ1YtbHVhUnpmSmFPOXRscGZhdmhzQVZDZEpmMHJfRVFHUWo2dFh4YUtNR2VyOS1tVUJnRmUtZlRGUWw3ZTR3aC1CRnVlUkx2TmlpRGpkT3NjdURubUJmdWM5S01IUVgwRTFMazFnN1N5ZEY4QnNuT2psTmlOZWY0c3R3ZzE5eFFJQlprRHRtX0lnT2Y0SDBRc0VQcw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Former staffer says she used public resources for election campaigning<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Advocate | Burnie, TAS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Staffer accuses Liberal of taxpayer-funded campaign&nbsp;&nbsp;The MercuryPolitical staffer alleges she was ordered to campaign for Liberal candidate&nbsp;&nbsp;ABC News&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736551,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-835838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}