The Clan

The Clan was a WhatsApp chat group involving members of the Western Australian division of the Liberal Party. The chat group was active between 2016 and 2021 and was used to coordinate activities within the Liberal Party. The group was revealed in 2021 after its contents were leaked to the media. Prominent members included former senator for Western Australia Mathias Cormann and Legislative Councillors Peter Collier and Nick Goiran. Members Members in the chat group included: Senator Mathias Cormann Legislative Council member Peter Collier Legislative Council member Nick Goiran House of Representatives member Ian Goodenough Senator Slade Brockman Legislative Assembly member Tony Krsticevic Liberal Party State President Fay Duda Liberal Party State Treasurer Aiden Depiazzi WhatsApp messages leak The chat was revealed with a leak of 700 pages of messages in August 2021. Amongst these pages, some members of the chat group discussed or joked about branch stacking. The leaked messages show that the group was primarily used to coordinate voting at internal party meetings within the organisational wing of the WA Liberal Party. Influence Australia's longest-serving Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann, was a member of the chat group. Liberal Party State President Fay Duda was also in the group.