
Paul Sakkal
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https://www.theage.com.au/by/paul-sakkal-h17jxj 02-01-2012 12:37:45
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The Liberals handed over voter information to Exclusive Brethren as part of a phone campaign in which the sect made nearly a million campaign calls on behalf of the Coalition, with a staffer for Peter Dutton the "point person" for the group Max Maddison smh.com.au/politics/feder…




Full podcast with David Crowe and Anthony Albanese before he travelled to Jakarta youtube.com/watch?v=Xxy7Jw…

Liberal MP said the party did not want to lock in specific policies, particularly contentious ones such as nuclear power, in the new Coalition agreement. A Liberal source added:“It’s for the Nats to determine whether they want to be in the shadow ministry" smh.com.au/politics/feder…



Barnaby Joyce, M McCormack, D Chester spoke out against splitting from the Liberals inside the Nationals, a move that was driven by several factors including Jacinta Price's defection, Littleproud's request to become deputy OL, and net zero. Inside story: theage.com.au/politics/feder…







Ley told colleagues privately Jane Hume was not being punished for the party’s work-from-home backflip or her election eve remarks about “Chinese spies” that inflamed the Chinese-Australian community, arguing she could one day return to the shadow cabinet theage.com.au/politics/feder…

One source said Cox confronted Waters and told the new leader that she needed to “grow a spine”. Another MP said the scenes were “ugly” and unjustified, especially given Cox had not made clear to colleagues until late in the piece that she would run theage.com.au/politics/feder…


