Politics
The state Liberals’ conservative faction could be set to formally splinter amid rancour from the weekend’s “epic defeat” for the party’s hard Right, which saw moderate-backed MLC Andrew McLachlan snatch an emphatic win in the race for Cory Bernardi’s vacated senate seat.
Politics
Legislative Council president Andrew McLachlan is set to exit state parliament whether or not he snares party support for a vacant Liberal senate seat, declaring he is “unlikely” to seek a second term if his gambit is unsuccessful.
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EXCLUSIVE | State parliament’s Legislative Council president Andrew McLachlan is considering a bombshell bid to snare outgoing senator Cory Bernardi’s vacant federal seat, in a move that will ignite factional tensions within the SA Liberal Party.
State Liberal Party vice-president Morry Bailes is the overwhelming favourite to “comfortably cruise” into a newly-vacant senate seat, with senior Right faction members mobilising in support as the prominent lawyer today confirmed his intent to run.
Cory Bernardi is weighing up his political future after deciding to deregister his Australian Conservatives, ending the religious-based party legacy of Family First.
South Australian ALP factional ‘Godfather’ Don Farrell is standing firm in the face of calls to hand over his Labor leadership role to former New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally, telling InDaily he would nominate to continue as the party’s deputy senate leader.
The ex-chair of the ABC told staff at radio station Triple J that activists who get ahead of public sentiment can be “burnt at the stake”, as they discussed moving their Hottest 100 countdown from Australia Day.
