A preselection candidate has gone to the Federal Court with his claim he was rejected by the NSW branch for the last state election because of his race.
Hell hath no fury like a Liberal preselection candidate scorned.
Andy Yin, a high-profile Chinese Australian and long-time Liberal Party supporter and donor, reckons he was rejected by the NSW branch to run in the last state election because of his race. And he’s taken that claim to the Federal Court.
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