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Opinion
Richardson: Speirs shows he’s up to the task
David Speirs this week managed something no Liberal leader has done for a generation, writes Tom Richardson.
Opinion
David Speirs this week managed something no Liberal leader has done for a generation, writes Tom Richardson.
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News
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.
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Liberal leader David Speirs has revealed he did not vote for the candidate who overwhelmingly snared last night’s party preselection, as Labor looks set to install a woman to contest next month’s Bragg by-election.
Shock Liberal preselection hopeful Chelsey Potter has been rejected as a potential candidate by the party’s ruling state executive, potentially paving the way for the former staffer turned whistleblower to run as an independent in the blue-ribbon seat of Bragg.
The SA Liberal Party’s Right faction has staged a coup in the seat of newly-installed Shadow Treasurer Matt Cowdrey – in a rebuff to state leader David Speirs’ call for factional détente – with leading conservative Alex Antic declaring: “The days of party ranks being populated by parliamentary staffers from left-wing offices are over.”
A former Liberal staffer who went public with an allegation of workplace sexual assault before coordinating independent campaigns against the party is seeking support to nominate for preselection in Vickie Chapman’s seat of Bragg.
