
Nicolle Flint to quit politics
UPDATED | Federal SA Liberal MP Nicolle Flint is bowing out of politics and will not recontest her seat of Boothby.
UPDATED | Federal SA Liberal MP Nicolle Flint is bowing out of politics and will not recontest her seat of Boothby.
In today’s Notes On Adelaide, the moderates continue their charge towards a complete takeover of the state Liberal party-room – but they could yet face a significant hurdle in the safe seat of Frome.
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SA Liberal powerbroker Simon Birmingham told his former staff member Chelsey Potter in 2018 that a party-wide conversation about inappropriate behaviour towards women was likely “some way off” – after she complained of experiencing “appalling, absolutely revolting behaviour”, according to correspondence seen by InDaily.
The Morrison Government minister tasked with overseeing a cross-party review of parliamentary workplace culture in the wake of Brittany Higgins’ rape allegation admits he declined to meet with a former member of his own staff despite knowing she had made “serious allegations” of sexual assault.
Federal parliament is reeling from allegations of rape and sexual assault, with more women making statements about their own experiences in the wake of ex-staffer Brittany Higgins’ rape accusation against a former Liberal colleague. Chelsey Potter came forward with her own story in 2019 – today she reveals what happened next.
SA Liberal factions have splintered dramatically amid a spate of weekend preselections that saw party moderates celebrate “the most significant factional realignment” in a generation, despite falling short in two key contests.
Child Protection Minister Rachel Sanderson’s chief of staff is widely considered the frontrunner to win Liberal preselection for the vacant regional seat of Frome, but a fellow moderate’s endorsement of a rival candidate has underlined the party’s fractured ties.