The source of the original story came from within the Liberal Party itself. And the new source about the fresh allegations also came from the Liberal Party, including at the very high levels of the Liberal Party.

We as a party are going to run a campaign and I'm going to do what I can to elect them.

The county party chair stuck his finger in the cookie jar. It's just despicable.

Since then the paper became aware of fresh allegations that suggest quite clearly these incidents were not isolated. So there's a serious question over it . . . and it becomes a public interest matter.

You start to feel panic, because you realise that human beings are possessed by the idea that they must fill the world with objects and ideas that will outlive them, and you suddenly glimpse the fires that burn below human despair.

Nobody in rich countries wants to face responsibility for the lives of people in poor countries. They just want cheap groceries.