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NSW moderate Liberals accused of undermining Peter Dutton amid fallout over council nominations

Factional infighting to continue as party conservatives claim Mark Speakman’s push for four-person panel is ‘blatant challenge’ to federal leadership

The Guardian - AU

Angus Taylor goes ‘nuts’ as NSW Liberals defy Peter Dutton in internal meeting

‘Angus was ropable’ about the defeat, one source said.

Crikey

NSW Liberals branch calls for federal administration after ‘catastrophic failure’ of state division

Northern Beaches Liberals unanimously support motion as some observers say conservative faction ‘keen’ to oust moderates after council elections nominations error

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NSW Liberal Andrew Bragg claims some party colleagues may be ‘playing footsies with nimbys’

Moderate senator says the idea of new developments in established suburbs does not sit well with some Liberals

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberal council election debacle descends into accusations of factional warfare

Broadcaster Ray Hadley challenges ‘cowardly’ conservatives to ‘have a bit of courage for the sake of NSW politics’

The Guardian - AU

A federal takeover of the NSW Liberals would spell Victoria-like disaster for the state

Right-wing figures are pushing for a federal takeover of the NSW Liberals — with the goal of sending a moderate party far to the right.

Crikey

Legal fight looms as Libs drop plan on lawyer's advice

Candidates who have been left unelectable after a Liberal Party paperwork stuff-up are considering legal action, as the party abandons its own litigation.

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Talk of Dutton intervention in NSW Liberals 'premature'

Federal MPs' desire to step in and right the NSW Liberal Party ship are understandable but premature, the state leader says as the party's crisis continues.

AAP

NSW Liberals accuse electoral commission of breaking rules after council nomination debacle

Party threatens legal action against NSW electoral commission after request for deadline extension rejected

The Guardian - AU

Not 'realistic' Libs didn't know deadline: commissioner

The NSW Liberals have threatened legal action after the state's electoral commission refused to extend a deadline for local government candidate nominations.

AAP

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The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberal party denied extension after missing council elections deadline in ‘monumental stuff-up’

State’s electoral commission receives request from party president after it failed to lodge nominations for more than 130 council candidates

The Guardian - AU

Dutton’s strident Gaza digression drowns out Liberals’ epic election blunder in NSW

A random response to a single question on Wednesday morning at Sydney airport engulfed the news cycle and gave the opposition some welcome distraction

The Guardian - AU

NSW councillor Nathan Tilbury all smiles after leaving Liberal party days before nomination fiasco

Independent now has ‘surprise’ backing of Liberal elder statesman and departing Hornsby mayor Philip Ruddock

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'Systemic problem': Hunter Liberals react after state director fired

Councillors respond after Richard Shields sacked.

Crikey

Paranoia and confusion reign as Liberals begin purge after election disaster

Exclusive: At an emergency meeting last night, powerful members of the NSW Liberals debated who should replace a sacked top official.

AAP

Liberal train wreck just the ticket for minor parties

The NSW Liberal Party has wrapped up a calamitous week by appointing a new state director after the predecessor was sacked for not submitting nomination forms.

The Guardian - AU

‘Shocked and gutted’: NSW Liberal councillors mull legal action against own party over administrative disaster

Fallout continues over Liberal party’s failure to lodge paperwork to nominate 136 candidates in upcoming council local government elections

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Newcastle Herald

'Crisis of leadership': Hunter Liberal members' fury at party's nomination bungle

Wide-reaching fallout from Liberal Party nomination bungle.

Crikey

Leaked letter reveals NSW Liberal leader’s fury after preselection defeat

Exclusive: Even allies of Mark Speakman wonder whether he is in control of his party after he failed to influence a council ticket in his own backyard.

Crikey

Some curious register of interests updates, the ‘shit fight’ that is Liberal council preselection, and Crikey starts the great cummerbunds wars of 2024.

ABC News

Raft of former Liberal politicians, staffers included in government appointments

The government has appointed judges, board members and new heads of organisations in recent days, before the federal election is likely called later this week.

The Guardian - AU

Pru Goward among six Liberal-linked appointments by Coalition to Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Concerns sparked of repeat of 2019 when one in five named for government bodies before election called had Liberal or National ties

AAP

Don Harwin resigns from NSW parliament

With just a year until the next NSW election, former Liberal arts minister Don Harwin has resigned from state parliament.

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