Victorian Liberal candidate 'counselled' as volunteer program questioned
A Liberal Party candidate in a key seat for the upcoming Victorian state election has been "counselled" after questions were raised over his links to a program recruiting international student volunteers for an unidentified political campaign.
The Victorian Liberal Party has counseled one of its candidates for the upcoming state election after concerns were raised about a volunteer internship program. The candidate in question is Jacky Sun, a 37-year-old finance professional running for the seat of Glen Waverley. Posters for the volunteer program, distributed in English and Chinese, were found at an event for Mandarin-speaking university students in North Melbourne.
The program offered participants the chance to meet politicians and earn a reference letter in exchange for tasks such as door-knocking, letter-dropping, and attending campaign fundraising events. However, no political party or candidate was identified on the posters. One international student, Grace, attended the event and inquired about the volunteering organization, believing it to be for the government.
She was told it was for the opposition, the Liberal Party. Another attendee, Grace's Australian boyfriend Aiden, noticed a candidate poster for Jacky Sun at the event, suggesting a possible connection between the volunteering program and the upcoming election. The Liberal Party confirmed that Jacky Sun had been counseled in relation to the matter but did not provide further details.
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