New data points to a problem in lower houses in several states where the Liberals’ proportion of female MPs is below 20 per cent. But in NSW,things are improving.
Frustrated Liberal MPs are urging Peter Dutton to move to the political centre and refresh his shadow cabinet after the stunning byelection loss in Aston.
The timing could prove awkward for Mundine,who is a leading campaigner against the referendum for the Indigenous Voice to parliament.
Former NSW transport minister and moderate Andrew Constance is the favourite for a seat considered the property of Liberal conservatives.
Federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton has lamented the potentially damaging effect the controversy surrounding state upper house MP Moira Deeming could have on this weekend’s Aston byelection.
The Liberal opposition leader can spin it any way he likes,but he’s still humiliated and his leadership is shaken.
The Victorian Liberal leader’s failure to expel Moira Deeming has exposed his vulnerability in the top job,and turned the controversial MP into a martyr in conservative circles.
Opposition Leader John Pesutto has failed in his bid to have controversial MP Moira Deeming removed from the Liberal Party after a compromise deal was struck that could yet have a destabilising impact on his leadership.
In an email to fellow Liberal MPs,Moira Deeming promised to back the leader if the vote to expel her fails.
A month after she quit the Greens,independent Senator Lidia Thorpe says she filed a complaint to the parliament’s workplace support services last year.
After huge gains in Brisbane at the last election,Adam Bandt has outlined his plan to take on Labor in Melbourne,Sydney and northern NSW at the next election.