Despite Prime Minister Scott Morrison making it clear he wants the former senator back in Parliament,Liberal operator Richard Shields has snared some well-known referees.
Jim Molan has won support from the conservative wing of the NSW Liberals for Arthur Sinodinos'Senate vacancy,but will face a challenge from moderate candidates.
Aggrieved hard-right branch members turned out in droves to complain about the Liberal Party’s"extreme left"positions.
Canberra-aspirants James Brown and Natalie Ward pressed the flesh among preselectors and party stalwarts.
Arthur Sinodinos,one-time keeper of secrets in the Howard administration,prepares to be ambassador to the the US,whose President attacks its closes allies.
Israel Folau’s crusade against Rugby Australia’s decision to punt him has had more twists and turns than a Transylvanian goat track.
Scott Morrison's pick as Ambassador has a confession to make:he won't give the golf-mad President much of a game.
So long is the wait until Arthur Sinodinos boards the flight to Washington DC that the plane in which he will travel probably hasn’t been built yet.
Arthur Sinodinos is a great choice. And he’ll need every bit of his smarts,his charm and his persistence to convey to the Americans a few things Canberra wants to happen - and not to happen.
When Arthur Sinodinos takes over as Australia's next US ambassador,he will walk straight into Donald Trump's concerns about the FBI investigation that led to the Mueller inquiry.
The PM has stamped his authority on the government with a reshuffle that elevates some of his closest allies and demotes his former environment minister.