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News
An influx of conservative recruits has helped cruel an anticipated bid by a recently-ousted Liberal MP for the presidency of his local branch – in what Right faction insiders have called “a changing of the guard” within party ranks.
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Opinion
David Speirs this week managed something no Liberal leader has done for a generation, writes Tom Richardson.
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EXCLUSIVE | Ex-Liberal staffer Chelsey Potter is expected to shelve her proposed bid to run as an independent in the safe Liberal seat of Bragg, leaving former colleague Jack Batty a clearer run at retaining the crucial stronghold.
Shock Liberal preselection hopeful Chelsey Potter has been rejected as a potential candidate by the party’s ruling state executive, potentially paving the way for the former staffer turned whistleblower to run as an independent in the blue-ribbon seat of Bragg.
The SA Liberal Party’s Right faction has staged a coup in the seat of newly-installed Shadow Treasurer Matt Cowdrey – in a rebuff to state leader David Speirs’ call for factional détente – with leading conservative Alex Antic declaring: “The days of party ranks being populated by parliamentary staffers from left-wing offices are over.”
A former Liberal staffer who went public with an allegation of workplace sexual assault before coordinating independent campaigns against the party is seeking support to nominate for preselection in Vickie Chapman’s seat of Bragg.
