Correcting the Record: “Plymouth Brethren funded right-wing stunts”

On 19 August 2026, the Sydney Morning Herald published a video titled “A timeline of right-wing stunts funded by the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church”.

This headline is a lie.
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church has never funded any political activity for any party.

This video was published before we were even given an opportunity to reject the assertion that our church funded these stunts, which is an outrageous breach of editorial standards.

Regrettably, it is just the latest example of the appalling journalism we have been subjected to from The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

However it does serve as a clear example of the discrimination and prejudice our Church is being subjected to by these media outlets.

UPDATE

Following the publication of this video the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age published a further article titled “Exclusive Brethren secretly paid far-right activists to perform stunts disrupting the federal election.”

The claims made in the article are without evidence and are false.

Below is the response the Church provided to the journalist:

“The church was not involved in, did not coordinate efforts in, and made no payments or donations during, the 2025 election. It had no interaction whatsoever with any political party or third-party group. If members did donate or have involvement with those groups, that was under their name not the church’s. As a final point, the church completely rejects antisemitism, which is completely antithetical to our views.”

Watch below Director of the PBCC, Lloyd Grimshaw’s reaction to the story during his appearance at the Parliamentary Inquiry into the 2025 Federal Election.