SENIOR Liberals have warned of a political bloodletting if factions overturn members’ candidate selections for the upcoming federal election. Legal action and warnings of mass campaign boycotts are underway in response to attempts by powerbrokers to parachute in their factional allies. While…
PRIME Minister Scott Morrison is watching on as his government’s re-election chances are crippled by a bitter NSW factional war he chooses to do nothing about. The PM’s factional boss, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, is demanding automatic preselection for his seat of…
by DAVID FLINT – WHY should anyone be surprised that some in the far-Left faction of the parliamentary Liberal Parties, the LINOs, demonstrate their dislike of those who are even mildly conservative? Intolerance of even slightly different views is a badge of…
THE same gang of “modern” Liberal MPs who contradicted Prime Minister Scott Morrison on energy policy has joined Labor and Greens to defeat his religious protection bill. Ignoring Mr Morrison’s plea for unity – warning a split could hand Anthony Albanese government…
THE recent announcement by Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt that he is retiring at the forthcoming election is noteworthy. His explanation for his exit from politics was the usual cover-all – “to spend more time with family”. This might be true, but…
A FACTIONAL deal to cut Liberal members out of the Party’s pre-selection process has gone down in flames ensuring the rank and file has a say in candidate choice. The Party’s NSW State Executive this week dismissed an attempt to have sitting…
WITH factional heavyweights delaying critical federal pre-selections, Liberal Party boss Chris Stone has been threatened with a Supreme Court law suit. The delays have occurred as factions attempt to cut members out of the candidate selection process and, instead, stitch up a…
LIBERAL factional bosses are engaging in backroom deals to prevent Party members from exercising their newly acquired right to select candidates. With the 2022 federal election only months away, NSW powerbrokers have stalled the pre-selection process – hoping to stitch up deals…
THE Liberal Party’s once-dominant Left faction has suffered a surprising blow after failing to install its candidate into Gladys Berejiklian’s former seat of Willoughby. Menzies Research Centre director Tim James snatched preselection for the former NSW premier’s stomping ground 58-52 and is…
by PAUL COLLITS – PREMIER Dominic Perrottet has many children. And there is one more on the way. So, no shortages of challenges at home. A high-pressure environment. He also has a lot of pressure in his day job, as his first…
