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‘Shame on you’: Liberal figure caught using 007 pics and fake identity for dirty tricks
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/shame-on-you-liberal-figure-caught-using-007-pics-and-fake-identity-for-dirty-tricks-20221124-p5c10j.html

Nick McKenzie and Charlotte Grieve

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

An influential Liberal Party figure and public relations executive at a high-end firm has admitted to using a false online identity to try to shut down reporting on controversial Liberal candidate Renee Heath and the City Builders Church in the lead-up to the Victorian election.

Former Liberal administrative committee member David Lau adopted the fake identity, “Sean Cook”, and used James Bond pictures and an encrypted email account as part of a scheme aimed at preventing The Age and 60 Minutes from reporting on Heath, a Liberal safe-seat candidate, and her ties to the ultraconservative church.

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https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/liberal-candidate-agent-for-ultra-conservative-church-family-says-20221118-p5bzca.html

"Victorian Liberal candidate Renee Heath is a lifelong senior member of an ultra-conservative church that has been secretly directed by its global leader to infiltrate Coalition politics, is opposed to gay, trans and reproductive rights and has left some former members traumatised.

An investigation by The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes has unearthed fresh evidence of disturbing conduct within City Builders and closely affiliated churches in Victoria that are part of a global network of Pentecostal churches."

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**Victorian Liberal Party distances itself from candidate Renee Heath over church links**

The Victorian Liberal Party has distanced itself from one of its top upper-house candidates over her links to a conservative church, saying she will not sit with the party after the election.

Key points:
- Opposition Leader Matthew Guy says Renee Heath will not sit with the party after the election
- She is a member of the conservative City Builders Church, which some have alleged has attempted to infiltrate the Liberal Party
- Mornington mayor and Liberal Party member Steve Holland says it is an issue some in the party have been aware of for some time
- Renee Heath, the candidate for Eastern Victoria, is a senior member of the conservative City Builders Church.

In September, an ABC Regional Investigation revealed concerns from members in Gippsland that local branches were being stacked with members from Pentecostal groups, including the Sale-based City Builders Church, to influence preselections.

In October, a subsequent ABC investigation highlighted how Brian Heath, Renee Heath's father, called on his congregation to "produce the next generation of godly leadership" and was vice-president of the Liberal Party's Morwell state electorate conference branch.  

Ms Heath has declined repeated requests for an interview but said in a previous statement: "I am not my father. To suggest that I am is offensive, as it belittles me."

She has publicly affirmed her belief in the separation of church and state.

Nine newspapers on Saturday detailed allegations from Ms Heath's family members that she was acting for an agent for the church inside the party.

The newspapers reported that lawyers acting for Ms Heath and her father "categorically denied" support for gay conversion therapy, discrimination against non-heterosexual people or engaging improperly in politics

Ms Heath was preselected for the top of the Liberal Party's ballot, so is almost guaranteed to be elected after the November 26 vote.

Ms Heath has been disavowed by Liberal Party leader Matthew Guy a week out from the state election. It is too late to disendorse Ms Heath but following the articles, Mr Matthew Guy said she would not sit in a party room under him, saying she would be a "Liberal independent".

He said neither he, nor the Liberal Party, was aware of allegations until it was published in the newspapers.

But Steve Holland, the recently elected mayor of the Mornington Peninsula, refuted that statement.

"The information about the City Builders Church recently reported by the media was not new to many Liberal Party members," he said.

Mr Holland, a Liberal Party member for over a decade, said that included members of parliament and senior office holders.

"Of course people knew and they have known for some time," he told the ABC.

In May last year, Victorian Nationals Leader Peter Walsh said he was aware that members of the church group within his party were in favour of gay conversion therapy.

The church has branches in Sale, Newborough and Narre Warren South.

The ABC has again attempted to contact Ms Heath for comment on Saturday.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-19/victorian-liberal-party-candidate-distance-matthew-guy/101674308

The Victorian Liberal Party has distanced itself from one of its top upper-house candidates over her links to a conservative church, saying she will not sit with the party after the election.



Controversies

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/renee-is-not-her-family-guy-defends-new-liberal-candidate-20220731-p5b613.html

https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/new-victorian-liberal-candidates-link-to-right-wing-christian-church-raises-concerns/215299



Media Mentions

Renee Heath is your new Liberal voice for the Eastern Victoria Region.

Renee is a true Gippsland local, born in Morwell and raised in Sale. She studied in Melbourne and travelled overseas before settling back in Gippsland where she now works as a chiropractor across several clinics in Gippsland.

She knows and loves the diversity of the Eastern Region, including the beautiful Mornington Peninsula, the forests of the Yarra Ranges and Snowy River, and the lush farmland of Gippsland.

Understanding how difficult the lockdowns were for so many, and how they impacted small businesses, children and those suffering mental illness, Renee is keen to help struggling communities to recover. If elected, she will fight for the Eastern Region and help make it an even better place to live, work and play.

Renee has grown up volunteering in her community. She has worked with disadvantaged children and was a founding member of an exciting women’s collective in Gippsland. She is driven by the Liberal value of providing a hand up, not a hand out.

She has been an active volunteer during difficult times. She worked with the Gippsland Bushfire Recovery Program, providing accommodation and health services during and after the recent fires.

Renee is passionate about making Victoria a more prosperous and vibrant place after the crippling overreach of the Andrews Government.

https://vic.liberal.org.au/team/renee-heath

Overview

Deeming expelled from Victorian Liberal party room, Heath sanctioned
Benita Kolovos

May 12, 2023
Controversial MP Moira Deeming has been expelled from the Victorian Liberal party room, while her ally Renee Heath has been sanctioned.

Heath, who accused Pesutto of bullying last week, was also sanctioned and stripped of her party secretary position after another former opposition leader, Michael O’Brien, moved a successful motion.

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