In August 2020 in the Ernesto’s Manifesto column, we published an article that reported on a 60 Minutes investigation that referred to Marcus Bastiaan.
Mr Bastiaan alleges that our reporting made serious allegations against him involving dodgy conduct concerning branch stacking.
The Shepparton News did not intend to suggest any dodgy activity on the part of Mr Bastiaan.
If any reader understood our report in that way, the Shepparton News clarifies that it does not suggest that this is the case.