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Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to be one of the first Sydneysiders to take advantage of the Marshall Government’s move to relax border restrictions with New South Wales.
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South Australia’s two major parties are gearing up for factional upheaval, with a former Prime Minister weighing into the fray for the Liberal Party’s state presidency and two Labor members – including a former MP – challenging their party’s factional picks for preselection in key seats.
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The split in the state Liberal Party’s Right faction has been formalised with the moderate wing taking back control of the governing state executive – a move that has ignited accusations of “betrayal”, and which could have significant repercussions for forthcoming elections.
Labor will take a new-look frontbench to the next state election with a second shadow minister to step down in the space of a week, InDaily can reveal.
The State Liberals are set for more internal tension, with long-serving Legislative Councillor John Dawkins confirming his intent to stand for the vacant Upper House presidency – and not ruling out nominating for the position even without his party’s endorsement.
EXCLUSIVE | South Australia’s most senior federal Liberal has dropped a bomb on his party’s “factional cronies”, accusing them of “pathetically and shamefully” exploiting the Coronavirus pandemic to “undermine democracy within our party” – while defending a controversial meeting of hundreds of Liberal members that has suddenly become the epicentre of the SA party’s internal war.
