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Article: WA: Knowles promises to fight her expulsion from Liberal Party

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December 21, 1999
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AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-1999
WA: Knowles promises to fight her expulsion from Liberal Party

PERTH, Dec 21 AAP - Embattled West Australian senator Sue Knowles today promised to
fight a decision by the Liberal Party to expel her, vowing to continue to serve as a Liberal
senator and a member of the parliamentary Liberal Party.

As Prime Minister John Howard and federal ministers and senators pledged their support,
Senator Knowles said she would appeal the expulsion recommendation, made by a disciplinary
committee from the Liberal Party's WA branch overnight.

The expulsion was recommended because of her actions during an ongoing feud with former
party member Noel Crichton-Brown.

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