NSW Liberal factions have ignored former PM John Howard’s plea for a return to “basic values” and voted for a Matt Kean-backed candidate as NSW State President. “Captain’s pick” Maria Kovacic won the NSW Liberal Party ballot 413 to 243 after a…
NEW Liberal Deputy Matt Kean has been described as a “boy doing a man’s job” as voters remain confounded by a cross-factional deal supporting his promotion. In a three-minute Party room decision last week, the self-described climate warrior was elected unopposed in…
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean’s Left faction is in shambles as a long list of allies suffer public humiliation, demotion and electoral losses. His pick for NSW Liberal deputy leader and trade minister, Stuart Ayres was forced last week to fall on his…
FORMER Prime Minister John Howard has provided a ringing endorsement of Philip Argy to take the NSW Liberal presidency, just days out from the controversial vote. With former Parramatta “captain’s pick” Maria Kovacic also running for the top job, Australia’s greatest living…
AFTER completely trashing the Liberal Party constitution prior to May’s federal election disaster, NSW factions are uniting to make it “legally” easier to install “captain’s picks”. To avoid a re-run of one of the most disgraceful betrayals of Party members in modern…
SENIOR Liberals are fuming that Matt Kean’s pick for NSW Liberal President, Maria Kovacic, will steer the Party even further Left. The failed candidate for Parramatta, who was Scott Morrison’s “pick” for May’s federal election, has now been given the nod by…
by PAUL COLLITS – THE late John O’Neill, South Sydney tough man and legend, is reputed to have said, upon leaving Souths and joining Manly in 1972, “no wonder this bunch … has never won a premiership”. The implication was that perhaps…
NSW’s activist Treasurer Matt Kean is searching for a safer seat in the hope of avoiding a preselection battle in his once untouchable seat of Hornsby. A combination of fed-up Liberal pre-selectors and a boundary redistribution has eaten into Mr Kean’s confidence…
NSW BUDGET – IRATE former Federal Speaker Bronwyn Bishop has laid waste to Matt Kean’s first State budget, saying the L-plate Treasurer was “so far Left” he was incapable of even “spelling Liberal”. The former MP for Mackellar was scathing of Mr…
NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has been publicly savaged after allegedly white-anting Scott Morrison’s re-election campaign last month and then partying with ALP supporters after the Prime Minister’s defeat. While Mr Kean, who as a Left faction heavy-weight, is unlikely to be removed…
