Notes on Adelaide
In today’s Notes on Adelaide, Christopher Pyne tries to pass on a plum to Steven Marshall before he turns into a political pumpkin, and a micro-experiment in CBD travel tests the relative speed of walking, Lime scooter, bicycle, Uber and private car – with interesting results.
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Today, readers comment on the Liberal manoeuverings over who succeeds Christopher Pyne in Sturt, and the hospital relationship that bloomed over a trim.
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A former state Liberal candidate is almost certain to nominate for the prized seat of Sturt, as the party’s conservative faction seeks to ruin the carefully stage-managed handover of Christopher Pyne’s seat to his moderate faction protégé James Stevens.
The contest for the Liberal preselection for Sturt is shaping as one of the most divisive one-sided battles in the party’s recent history.
Outgoing South Australian Liberal MP Christopher Pyne says his replacement should be selected “entirely on merit”, brushing aside suggestions a woman should take the role.
Liberal insiders say veteran moderate powerbroker Christopher Pyne must clarify his future within days, amid “white hot” speculation he will not recontest his safe South Australian seat of Sturt at the looming federal election.
In today’s Notes on Adelaide, a former Liberal political candidate and senior adviser to Christopher Pyne joins Steven Marshall’s office, the official end for “Nick Xenophon’s” SA Best and two former South Australian politicians get plum postings from the Federal Government.
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