Greens leader urges any lawyers keen to help sue LNP over ‘scratchies’ to get in touch

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Jonathan Sriranganathan says LNP flyers featuring his face contain “bare-faced lies”, as the battle for Brisbane’s City Hall enters its final days.

Greens lord mayoral aspirant Jonathan Sriranganathan has urged any lawyers who might like to help him sue the LNP to “get in touch” after the party distributed scratch-it flyers featuring his face.

“Labor lottery” and “Greens lottery” scratchies distributed to Brisbane mailboxes ahead of Saturday’s council election. The Greens came second behind the LNP in Central Ward at the 2020 Brisbane City Council election, with a swing of 4.7 per cent. The LNP has been campaigning since August on the argument that people should not vote for a “Greens/LaborIn response, Sriranganathan said anyone who had read the Greens’ policies would immediately see “90 per cent of these are bare-faced lies”.“In one sense, this is a huge compliment because it shows how nervous the LNP are about losing seats to the Greens, but some of the lies they’re spreading about me are so sensationalist and inflammatory, I’m a little worried about my personal safety.

 

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