NSW Treasurer and Left faction kingpin Matt Kean has been accused of “ignorance and lying” by furious Liberal members, as he ramps up efforts to abolish democratic Party preselections.
Mr Kean, who is desperate to secure a lower house seat for his factional mate NSW Transport Minister Natalie Ward, last week accused Party members of being “out of step” with community values.
- Members will no longer put up with Mr Kean’s abuse of power.
- Kean’s factional hacks at Party HQ are now targeting the Northern Beaches’ electorate of Pittwater to parachute Ms Ward into.
- This is an outrageous abuse of the people he owes his political career, and “it will not stand!”
Meanwhile, Mr Kean’s hacks at Party HQ have begun targeting the Northern Beaches’ electorate of Pittwater to parachute Ms Ward into.
Ms Ward failed in her November 30 preselection bid in the safe electorate of Davidson after being overwhelmingly rejected by grassroots members.
HAND-PICKED
In response, Mr Kean threatened to dismantle the Party’s democratic preselection process while, at the same time, his Left-controlled Liberal State Executive – lead by the Treasurer’s hand-picked President Maria Kovacic – stonewalled Pittwater’s preselection process.
The Pittwater conference initially received three applications for preselection, however, after two female candidates withdrew (one involuntarily), the unaligned and popular Northern Beaches’ Liberal Councillor Rory Amon was the only candidate left standing.
Rather than rubber stamp his nomination, HQ instead decided to undertake background “research” on Cr Amon – despite him already being a sitting Liberal representative.
Pittwater State Electoral Conference President Sue Cameron, in a letter obtained by The Sydney Morning Herald, accused Mr Kean of being both ignorant and dishonest.
“I can only assume that you are ignorant of the facts. I hope that this letter will enlighten you,” Ms Cameron wrote in her December 5 letter to the NSW Treasurer.
“Publicly implying that the Pittwater Conference is comprised of a bunch of old, out of touch, misogynist men is a lie,” she said.
OVERTURN
“Your clarion call for the NSW Party leadership to overturn the Liberal Party Constitution and ‘take matters into their own hands’ is deeply troubling.
“I can only assume from your public statement during yesterday’s televised press conference that you mean to subvert the Constitution and will now advocate for its dismantling.
“This is an outrageous abuse of the very people to whom you owe your political career, and it will not stand.”
Ms Cameron said members would no longer put up with Mr Kean’s abuse of power.
“Having fought for and won the reforms now enshrined in the NSW Liberal Party Constitution, it seems unlikely that the rank and file will simply roll over and accept the premise that you know best,” she said.
“Preselection is a fundamental process in a political Party. This is especially true for the Liberal Party, a movement based on principles of democracy, fairness and the rights of the individual.
“It is a precious right for Liberal Party members to choose their candidates. You have stated publicly that you intend to overturn this right and seize control of the preselection process.
WITHDRAW
“The Party membership will not let this happen and I suggest in the strongest possible terms that you publicly withdraw these comments.
“At present, the loudest voice speaking against the Liberal Party, its values and its membership is not the ALP, not the Teals, and not the Greens. It is yours.” PC
One of Matt Kean’s hobby horses is the issue of climate change and it’s become clear to me that the best way to counter his and his climate alarmist comrades’ lies is to gather together the FACTS on CO2 and then disseminate those facts to as many people as you can. Relevant information on climate change/global warming is all easily obtainable from an organisation in the USA named ‘The CO2 Coalition’ (co2coalition.org). You’ll be amazed at how much factual information has been compiled by this large grouping of eminent scientists and then professionally presented in an easy-to-understand format.
Matt Kean is one of those foolish leftie woke wunkers who believe that the LNP will defeat Labor by becoming a wishy-washy clone of Labor. It didn’t work for the Feds and it won’t work in NSW! Kean is the albatross around Perrottet’s neck and will be the undoing of the NSW Libs. Unfortunately Perrottet is doing his damnedest to help Kean on this tragic course. Supporting the Voice; endorsing grooming programs in schools; not objecting to the ludicrous rubbish presented in the curriculum; not taking action to dismiss radical activist teachers; handing over National parks to indigenous groups with no evidence of sacred ground; letting Kean run riot on climate change; supporting early closure of major power stations; supporting proposals to enforce use of EVs; blocking development of essential mining proposals; allowing courts to sentence killer drivers, pedophiles, DV reprobates and other serious criminals to wrist slapping sentences and/or letting them out on parole {so it doesn’t impact their future – criminals are becoming the victims!!!!}. The list goes on, and on, and on!!!! Mr Perrottet take note: We and many, many more NSW voters WILL NOT vote for a party with Matt Kean in it!!!!
Perrottet is the puppet to Kean. How the hell did that happen?
One Nation is looking a better alternative, and how the hell did THAT happen?
I am just about done with the Libs and the likes of Matt Kean lording his gangrene ideology over us. How pathetic that no one in this parliament has the guts to get rid of him. Stand up to him before he snuffs out the party altogether.
How does this poor excuse for an Australian lay any claim to being a member of the Libs? The straight-out Green/Labor agenda he is practicing should earn him a just reward of being denounced as not only a Liberal Politician but also as an Honest Australian when he is actually selling us all out to the Opposition, UN, WEF and communism from China! He should be charged with treason and locked up along with any others who purport to support his ideals 🙁
Kean is a grub, a traitor to the conservative cause, and should be punted from the party altogether. I have never voted anything other than LNP in my life, that changes this state election, whilst ever Kean is in a position of any influence in the party my wife and I will not be voting for the them. Being in a very marginal seat every vote counts, unfortunately ours wont be for the LNP. To be doubly sure our preferences wont flow back either. Get rid of Kean now, and restore faith. Keep him, he’s a hinderance and the party will lose the next election.
In March there is a State Election and the threat of all states being turned RED looms . I am not a Liberal or Labour Supporter but a One Nation Man through and through . But sadly we only get to pick out of two for leadership . The NSW Liberal Party has been a corporation for decades and the public asset sells off , and lockdowns and land grabs and the crazy NWO Brad Hazzard and Kerry Chant along with Mad Hatter Kean will hand the keys to Chris Minns who backed sacking non vaccinated workers and has a crazy idea of doing dams to stop flooding ???? Neither party follows any truth and NSW has been decimated whilst all these Crooks made a killing whilst locking all down over a flu and none of them lost one red cent . vote with your conscience people as the same people who peddle Covid also Peddle The Climate Hoax.
How did Matt Kean ever get to be a member of the Liberal Party, letalone treasurer? Get rid of the lefties and those who defer to UN mandates rather than honour Australian sovereignty. The insufferable Matt Kean needs to be given the boot. Him and his ilk are what Joe Biden is to US.
No further background checks into Rory Amon are required as he has already earned the support of Pittwater residents in his prior position of Councillor for Northern Beaches Council.
Hands off, Matt Kean! Get your nose out of our business. It’s people like you who lost us the federal election. In my opinion you are in the wrong party. Labor or the Greens would love to have you. Stop trashing the Liberal Party!
My vote will not go to a Party that has Matt Kean as a member.
Matt Kean policies have no business case. All uncosted. He could not run a chook raffle and make a profit without subsidies.
“Having fought for and won the reforms now enshrined in the NSW Liberal Party Constitution, it seems unlikely that the rank and file will simply roll over and accept the premise that you know best,”
Sadly I suspect quite a few of the “Rank and File” have resigned from the Liberal Party (I have) and this is because of the likes of Matt Kean. I found that with Kean ruling the roost it would have been hypocritical of me to support the Liberal Party. However, where is Perrottet on this “loose canon” Kean, why has he not pulled him into line and sent him to the back bench where he can do less damage to the party and himself?
GET RID OF MATT KEAN.
He is a traitor and should be expelled from the Liberal Party.
He is worse than TURNBULL.
YES, he is worse than Turnbull because he still holds a Ministry. The Premier just hasn’t grasped the blatantly obvious demonstration that Kean is POISON for the Liberal Party and needs to be removed from any position of influence. Perrottet’s decisions to support the crazy, woke, climate-manic, leftie activists will ensure that the Libs lose at the next election. We had high hopes for him to take control and lead the Party back to a sensible position instead of copying the Feds disastrous attempt to go even further left than Labor/greens/teals. What is the definition of STUPIDITY!!!
Move him out and hand him a pale green shirt.
It is so much fun watching the monarchists and Pentecostal branch stackers drag the Tories ever more to the lunatic right, ever further away from the sensible centre, ever further away from government.
Keep going please.
A completely stupid comment. But there is a grain of truth in your stupidity. The LNP is NOT a broad church as Mr White Picket Fence, little Johnnie claimed: it is a conservative party and should be protecting and conserving the values of Australia. One of the greatest threats to those values is alarmism and renewables. Kean is an alarmist and by act and deed a green communist who will destroy Australia and its values.
He is a threat not just to the LNP but Australia. But Howard won’t come out and state the obvious because he is too polite and like every other so called conservative thinks there are still rules which will prevail. He is a fool and because the elders of the LNP are also fools. Matty will continue on his merry way destroying the party.
But look at what Gladys , & Baird did prior ? Sold out pubic assets and locked you down over a flu and did not lose one red cent either ?
The Liberal Party is indeed a broad church and always has been, until the appearance of the LINO left who I assess to be centre-left to further left of centre Liberals were mostly centre to centre-right but a few were more in line with Labor’s right being centre-left.