EX-LIBERAL ON DRUG CHARGES

A FORMER West Australian Liberal Party official has been charged with drug
offences.

Police charged Michael Brazier, 46, of Mount Lawley, Perth, with
depravation of liberty, threats with intent to influence, assault
occasioning bodily harm and possession of ecstasy, cocaine and amphetamines
with intent to sell or supply on Friday.

Brazier was involved in the Liberal Party in the mid-1980s and is a former
president of the party's division in the Perth seat of Swan.

Police said Friday's charging of Brazier and an Albany accomplice came
after a two-year investigation by the Organised Crime Squad.

Brazier was released on $50,000 bail with a similar surety and will face
the Perth Central Law Courts later this week.