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UPDATED | The SA Liberal Party has moved to crack down on hundreds of new members recruited from conservative Pentecostal Church communities, cancelling scores of memberships and effectively issuing ‘show cause’ notices to hundreds more.
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Former Family First senator Bob Day says the collapse of the conservative minor party has hastened an SA Liberal lurch “to the Left”, as he vows to campaign against moderate Marshall Government MPs in key marginal seats.
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An Apostolic Pentecostal pastor who seized control of the branch of one of the state’s most marginal Liberal seats shortly after joining the party says she became a member because it is the “strongest and best party to lead us into the future”.
Liberal exiles Sam Duluk and Fraser Ellis have both attended meetings of their local branches this week – despite Premier Steven Marshall insisting they are not party members – as backers insist they want them to remain as their MPs.
EXCLUSIVE | Adelaide Pentecostal parishioners have been told it is their “mission” to join political parties so they can shape policy and preselections – amid claims senior Liberals are actively recruiting from their ranks – with a Marshall Government minister telling a local congregation to rail against the separation of church and state.
Premier Steven Marshall appears to have softened his stance on the prospect of Liberal exile Sam Duluk re-joining his party-room if he is acquitted of a charge of basic assault next month.
Outgoing federal Liberal MP Nicolle Flint has savaged her party’s moderate faction amid internal rancour following a weekend preselection to anoint her successor – as Labor’s Right-wing settles on its own candidate for one of the state’s safest seats.
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