1 ▁November , ▁three ▁days ▁before ▁the ▁election , ▁fake ▁pam ph lets ▁were ▁distributed ▁in ▁the ▁elect or ate ▁of ▁L inds ay , ▁which ▁pur port ed ▁to ▁be ▁from ▁an ▁Islam ic ▁group . ▁The ▁group ▁was ▁non - ex istent ▁and ▁the ▁pam ph lets ▁thank ed ▁the ▁Labor ▁Party ▁for ▁supporting ▁the ▁B ali ▁bom bers ▁and ▁encourag ed ▁people ▁to ▁vote ▁Labor . ▁Those ▁involved ▁included ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Liber als ' ▁state ▁executive , ▁Jeff ▁E gan ; ▁Gary ▁Clark , ▁husband ▁of ▁ret iring ▁MP ▁Jack ie ▁Kelly ; ▁and ▁Greg ▁Ch ij off , ▁the ▁husband ▁of ▁L inds ay ▁candidate ▁Kar en ▁Ch ij off . ▁Kelly ▁said ▁the ▁incident ▁was ▁a ▁" Ch aser - style ▁pr ank ." ▁John ▁Howard ▁condem ned ▁the ▁statement . ▁E gan ▁and ▁Greg ▁Ch ij off ▁were ▁immediately ▁exp elled ▁from ▁the ▁Liberal ▁Party ▁a ▁day ▁before ▁John ▁Howard ' s ▁address ▁to ▁the ▁Australian ▁Press ▁Club ; ▁although , ▁E gan ▁denied ▁any ▁wrong do ing . ▁Court ▁cases ▁are ▁progress ing . ▁ ▁C iting ▁a ▁clause ▁of ▁the ▁Constitution ▁that ▁states ▁parliament ari ans ▁are ▁not ▁permitted ▁to ▁hold ▁an ▁" office ▁of ▁profit ▁under ▁the ▁crown ", ▁government ▁front ben cher ▁Andrew ▁Rob b ▁said ▁that ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 3 ▁Labor ▁candidates ▁standing ▁in ▁the ▁election ▁may ▁be ▁in el ig ible ▁for ▁nom ination . ▁According ▁to ▁Rob b , ▁a ▁" search ▁of ▁public ▁records " ▁indicated