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Politics
The result of tomorrow’s Bragg by-election may not be known until Monday, as the Liberal Party looks to hold on to its eastern suburbs stronghold.
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Opinion
David Speirs this week managed something no Liberal leader has done for a generation, writes Tom Richardson.
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State Labor is dealing with dissent on multiple fronts, with Premier Peter Malinauskas facing a mutiny from the ALP state executive on which he sits, while grassroots members have been urged to speak up in “no uncertain terms” about the party’s preselection pick for the Bragg by-election, which has been likened to the federal poll’s “Kristina Keneally disaster”.
A teacher at Pembroke School is running for Family First in the Bragg by-election, as Labor insiders rail against the party’s treatment of its former candidate.
Defeated preselection hopeful Rick Sarre says he holds “no grudges” after Labor powerbrokers today denied him a third crack at the Liberal-held seat of Bragg, choosing lawyer Alice Rolls as their candidate for next month’s by-election.
Liberal leader David Speirs has apologised to former party staffer Chelsey Potter for her “difficult journey with the Liberal Party”, after she agreed to re-join the fold while aborting a planned independent bid for the seat of Bragg.
EXCLUSIVE | Ex-Liberal staffer Chelsey Potter is expected to shelve her proposed bid to run as an independent in the safe Liberal seat of Bragg, leaving former colleague Jack Batty a clearer run at retaining the crucial stronghold.
