[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-133860-en":3,"doc-seo-133860-105":30,"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":92},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"doc_content":15,"file_id":16,"file_url":17,"file_type":18,"file_size":19,"view_count":20,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":20,"is_downloadable":20,"audit_status":20,"page_count":21,"language":22,"language_code":23,"site_id":24,"html_lang":23,"table_of_contents":25,"faqs":26,"seo_title":27,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":28,"read_time":29},133860,7971461740909,"Levi","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d",8,"Research & Report","Vaping details? They’re lost in the cloud","The article examines claims that LegaliseVaping Australia director Brian Marlow misstated a $44,000 donation to the NSW Liberal Party, while also discussing broader issues linked to paperwork and memory loss. It explains that Marlow said the money came from LVA’s Fighting Fund and highlights alleged connections to tobacco funding. The piece further scrutinizes ASIC filings related to a real estate company, referencing a past conviction of Marlow’s stepbrother for misuse of trust funds.","Policy Rear Window  \n~~ ~~ Rear Window  \nVaping details? They’re lost in the cloud  \nThe source of LegaliseVaping Australia director Brian Marlow’s $44,000 donation to the Liberals wasn’t the only thing he forgot.  \nNeil Chenoweth Senior writer  \nAug 2, 2022 – 4.44pm  \nAmong health problems attributed to e-cigarettes, one of the more troubling side effects may be memory loss, particularly in respect to paperwork. Just ask Senator Hollie Hughes ′ dear friend, the head of LegaliseVaping Australia, Brian Marlow.  \nWhen Marlow paid $44,000 to the NSW Liberal Party in June last year, both he and the Liberal Party told the Australian Electoral Commission it was Marlow’s personal donation.  \n1 of 6 15/08/2022, 3:34 pm  \nVaping details? They’re lost in the cloud [https://www.afr.com/rear-window/vaping-details-they-re-lost-in-the-cloud-20220802-p5b6k0](https://www.afr.com/rear-window/vaping-details-they-re-lost-in-the-cloud-20220802-p5b6k0)  \nLegalise Vaping Australia director Brian Marlow: when it comes to paperwork, some of the details are lost in the cloud. Edwina Pickles  \nIt’s easy to forget stuff like that. As Marlow told Four Corners two months ago, the money actually came from LVA’s $98,000 Fighting Fund, which was set up in 2020, originally as a partnership with Australian Retail Vaping Industry Australia (which was secretly funded by tobacco giant Philip Morris).  \nIt’s been lean times for the LGA, which is an arm of Australian Taxpayers Alliance, set up in 2011 by Americans for Tax Reform staffer Tim Andrews [[https://www.afr.com/rear-window/koch-brothers-new-australian-friends-20190528-](https://www.afr.com/rear-window/koch-brothers-new-australian-friends-20190528-)  \n2 of 6 15/08/2022, 3:34 pm  \nVaping details? They’re lost in the cloud [https://www.afr.com/rear-window/vaping-details-they-re-lost-in-the-cloud-20220802-p5b6k0](https://www.afr.com/rear-window/vaping-details-they-re-lost-in-the-cloud-20220802-p5b6k0)  \np51rx3] and his mum. The appeals for funding have been quite plaintive [[https://www.afr.com/rear-window/aussie-sos-to-the-koch-brothers-20200520-p54upu](https://www.afr.com/rear-window/aussie-sos-to-the-koch-brothers-20200520-p54upu) ], with a number of staff leaving last year – which makes the donation for the Libs all the more heartfelt.  \nIt must be another memory lapse, that 18 months after Marlow told The Australian Financial Review [[https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/more](https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/more)vaping-lobbyists-linked-to-big-tobacco-20210220-p574al]that company documents that linked him to two failed real estate companies were forged, and that he would be contacting ASIC for corrections, so far there’s been no change to the filings.  \n3 of 6 15/08/2022, 3:34 pm  \nA decade ago Marlow worked for Pittwater Estate Agents (PEA) in Newport on Sydney’s northern beaches. It was owned by Michael Raoul Edwards, who was jailed in 2017 for misappropriating more than $400,000 of client funds.  \nWhen contacted by the Financial Review last year Marlow was surprised and indignant over ASIC filings which showed he became sole director and shareholder of PEA in October 2013 and ofa related company, Newport Peak, in September 2014, at a time when Edwards was under investigation by the Office ofFair Trading which led to his 2017 conviction for misuse of trust funds.  \nThese must have been forged, he said.  \n“Mr Edwards is a convicted fraudster who stole funds from countless individuals on numerous occasions . . . he even stole $100,000 from an elderly woman. If it were up to me, he would still be in prison.”  \nNo love lost then.“I made the grave mistake of working for a fraud and athief,” Marlow concluded.  \nThe puzzling aspect (and perhaps here is the memory loss issue again) is that nowhere in this diatribe did Marlow mention that Edwards is his stepbrother, as former clients have confirmed. But some families are modest like  \n4 of 6 15/08/2022, 3:34 pm  \nVaping details? They’re lo","cbCaikeNt4iw99nv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikeNt4iw99nv","pdf",667516,1,6,"English","en",105,"# Policy Rear Window\n## Donation and paperwork inconsistencies\n## Alleged funding sources and political links\n## ASIC filings and corporate history","[{\"question\":\"What donation discrepancy does the article discuss involving Brian Marlow?\",\"answer\":\"The article says Marlow and the NSW Liberal Party told the Australian Electoral Commission the $44,000 was Marlow’s personal donation, despite Marlow later indicating it came from LVA’s Fighting Fund.\"},{\"question\":\"Where does the article say the donation money actually came from?\",\"answer\":\"It states the money came from LegaliseVaping Australia’s $98,000 Fighting Fund, established in 2020.\"},{\"question\":\"What corporate history and allegations are raised in relation to ASIC filings?\",\"answer\":\"The article describes ASIC filings showing Marlow became director and shareholder of companies, while Marlow previously alleged documents linking him were forged, and it references his stepbrother’s past conviction for misuse of trust funds.\"}]","Vaping details? They’re lost in the cloud | PDF",1787228889,15,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":87,"head_meta":89,"extra_data":91,"updated_unix":28},"vaping-details-theyre-lost-in-the-cloud","",{"@graph":36,"@context":86},[37,54,69],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,48,51],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":20},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":47},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":49,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":50},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":52,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":53},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/vaping-details-theyre-lost-in-the-cloud/133860/",4,{"url":52,"name":13,"@type":55,"author":56,"headline":13,"publisher":58,"fileFormat":61,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":62,"datePublished":63,"encodingFormat":61,"isAccessibleForFree":64,"interactionStatistic":65},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":57},"Person",{"url":41,"name":59,"@type":60},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-08-23","2026-08-20",true,{"@type":66,"interactionType":67,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":68},"ViewAction",{"@type":70,"mainEntity":71},"FAQPage",[72,78,82],{"name":73,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":75},"What donation discrepancy does the article discuss involving Brian Marlow?","Question",{"text":76,"@type":77},"The article says Marlow and the NSW Liberal Party told the Australian Electoral Commission the $44,000 was Marlow’s personal donation, despite Marlow later indicating it came from LVA’s Fighting Fund.","Answer",{"name":79,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":80},"Where does the article say the donation money actually came from?",{"text":81,"@type":77},"It states the money came from LegaliseVaping Australia’s $98,000 Fighting Fund, established in 2020.",{"name":83,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":84},"What corporate history and allegations are raised in relation to ASIC filings?",{"text":85,"@type":77},"The article describes ASIC filings showing Marlow became director and shareholder of companies, while Marlow previously alleged documents linking him were forged, and it references his stepbrother’s past conviction for misuse of trust funds.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":52,"og:type":88,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":59,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":90,"canonical":52},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":24},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":93},[94,98,102,106,111,115,120,123,128,131,135],{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":95,"show_sort_weight":96,"slug":97},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":47,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":99,"show_sort_weight":100,"slug":101},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":53,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":103,"show_sort_weight":104,"slug":105},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":107,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":108,"show_sort_weight":109,"slug":110},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":21,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":112,"show_sort_weight":113,"slug":114},"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":116,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":117,"show_sort_weight":118,"slug":119},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},30,"research-report",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":127},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":126,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":130},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":132,"slug":134},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":136,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":138},19,"General","general"]