Politics
Liberal factional tensions continue to rise amid a move to marginalise Right-backed party-room exile Sam Duluk in his seat of Waite – with a prospective challenger establishing a new branch in the electorate, backed by the party’s state executive.
News
UPDATED | State Liberal powerbrokers have moved to avert “mutual assured destruction” amid an escalating factional war with a stunning backdown on a bid to exclude more than 100 new members from largely Pentecostal Christian communities – but tensions remain high as insiders warn “our party is on the line” amid an “ugly sectarian takeover”.
Get InDaily in your inbox. Daily. The best local news sent straight to your inbox every workday at lunchtime.
Thanks for signing up to the InDaily newsletter.
UPDATED | Premier Steven Marshall went back on an explicit undertaking to the Liberal party-room when he fast-tracked debate on proposed euthanasia laws, insiders have claimed.
The South Australian Liberal Party says it’s aware that its newly-hired fundraising director made a controversial appearance at an anti-corruption hearing in Victoria last month, at which a secret recording was played of her offering a developer access to top-ranking MPs.
The beaten candidate for the state Liberal presidency is weighing up whether to nominate for the prized seat of Frome at the 2022 state election, after the moderate faction completed its takeover of the party at the weekend’s AGM.
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.
