The Wire

Senior Liberal Party sources this afternoon revealed that Greg Chijoff, the husband of Lindsay candidate Karen Chijoff, will be expelled from the party over his involvement in the fake campaign pamphlet scandal. He’s the second husband to be named – after retiring Liberal MP Jackie Kelly’s husband was named this morning. It’s alleged the two were involved in distributing pamphlets that claimed Labor was linked to an Islamic group that supports terrorists. And Jackie Kelly came out this morning in support of her husband, calling the material a joke. Jackie Kelly may have described it as a joke, but it’s a joke that Prime Minister John Howard certainly won’t be laughing at in the final days of the election campaign.