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  • Mike Smithson: Antic’s conservative shrapnel draws Liberal blood

    Mike Smithson: Antic’s conservative shrapnel draws Liberal blood

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    Belinda Willis
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    But was it also a sure sign that an emerging group of loyalists has been shot down in flames? A winner takes all vote was held for the Legislative Council ticket which coughed up a mixed bag result but strangely reflected a steady as she goes approach. Despite a tussle between extreme conservatives, ordinary conservatives,…

  • Libs make ‘worst-kept secret’ partnership official

    Libs make ‘worst-kept secret’ partnership official

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    Helen Karakulak
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    Pangallo will officially join the party from Tuesday, filling its ranks in the Legislative Council, before aiming to switch houses and win the spot as Waite’s MP at the March election. Opposition leader Vincent Tarzia and Pangallo made the official announcement on Sunday, after rumours of the partnership started swirling in early July. On Instagram,…

  • Finding a place for liberalism inside the Liberal Party

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    You’re not a Liberal. In recent years, I’ve heard it more and more. Lately, almost daily. From a mate as he slides over a welcome post-work wine. Or a perplexed colleague who has just discovered my employment history. From kind, supportive strangers on social media or long-term friends who wonder why I’d still bother. Hell,…

  • Liberal Party preselection heats up in Mayo

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    InDaily understands Right-aligned party president Rowan Mumford, who unsuccessfully ran for the state seat of Kavel at the 2022 state election, is considering a move into federal politics and nominating for Mayo preselection. The Liberal Party is expected to open nominations for the seat “imminently”, party sources said, after confirming a slew of federal preselections…

  • Antic declares left wing ‘pandemic’ as SA Liberals’ shift to right confirmed

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    Antic narrowly defeated former cabinet minister Anne Ruston in a weekend preselection ballot to take number one spot on the party’s Senate ticket for the next federal election. Ruston was relegated to number two, despite having the behind-the-scenes backing of federal Leader Peter Dutton, although both Antic and Ruston are likely to be elected given…

  • ‘Too big to fail’: Libs back uni merger

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    Opposition education spokesperson John Gardner told parliament a short time ago that he had received additional assurances from the vice-chancellors of the two universities about risk mitigation and regional investment, and the Liberal Party would now support the Bill. Government legislation to establish the new Adelaide University is scheduled for debate today in the Upper…

  • SA Liberal right’s clean sweep marks ‘renaissance in conservative values’

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    Antic told InDaily that he was not interested in being interviewed about the future direction of the party after his factional success at the weekend’s annual general meeting elections, apparently objecting to previous reports of the concerns of Liberal moderates. “The relentless charade involving left-wing members of the Liberal Party feeding InDaily stories which suit…

  • Conservative kingmakers gather factional forces for Liberal AGM

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    Ahead of the AGM on August 26, one Liberal insider told InDaily that concerns are held amongst some members that conservative power brokers backing aligned candidates for top SA Liberal Party jobs are in danger of making the party “unelectable”. Playford Mayor Glenn Docherty who earns a $91,312 mayoral allowance covering Adelaide’s northern suburbs also…

  • Libs promote ‘right’ newcomer to front bench

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    Ben Hood MLC was named Assistant Shadow Minister for Regional South Australia just four months after beating moderate Leah Grantham in the battle for a spot vacated by retired former Liberal Health Minister Stephen Wade in the state’s upper house. MacKillop MP McBride resigned from the party a few weeks ago to become an independent…

  • Heaven forbid: ‘Dark forces’ mess with heads in SA politics

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    Nick Cave, the coolest person in the chapel at the recent Royal nuptials, admits that in his younger punk years he liked to mess with people’s minds. The gifted singer-songwriter, lead man for the Bad Seeds, didn’t use the word mess, but the F-word, telling UnHeard podcast host Freddie Sayers that he differed from his…