Buswell in 'chair sniffing' scandal
April 29, 2008
THE election hopes of the West Australian Liberals plummeted yesterday after new leader Troy Buswell refused to deny claims that he sniffed the chair of a female staffer after a meeting in his office in 2006.
Mr Buswell allegedly lifted the woman's chair and started sniffing it in front of her, and later repeated the act in front of several staff members.
The rookie leader, who was elected just three months ago to try to lead the divided party to an election victory, yesterday refused to confirm or deny the incident. He said he had no intention of commenting on "unsubstantiated, anonymous rumours". He repeated the comment 13 times in response to a volley of media questions.
