 The president of the New South Wales Young Liberals released a statement condemning the outbursts, while the Queensland division of the Young Liberals said that although one prominent Young Liberal member was involved, the students were delegates elected by their university's student body; as such, they were members of the Australian Liberal Students' Federation.Despite attempts by Student Unity to gain the votes of Liberal students in favour of Unity Candidate Camden Gilchrist, Liberal students delivered their votes to Mathew Chuk, an independent, thus ensuring his victory.During a conference for Liberals in July 2008 in Canberra, about 40 university students from the ALSF — some of them Young Liberals, were thrown out and banned from a youth hostel after an all night drinking rampage and disruptive behaviour, including some of them being caught having sex in the hostel.