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Newly minted Liberal candidate Laurence Antcliff hits the hustings in Paterson

Laurence Antcliff says he wants to get Paterson back on track.

Newcastle Herald

Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe says she pressured South Australian MP to back out of voting deal

Liberal MLC Jing Lee told parliament she felt pressured after ‘unexpected encounter with a very persistent visitor’ but didn’t name Howe

The Guardian - AU

‘A big boys’ club’: senior Liberal women fight to solve the party’s gender problem

The preselection of Simon Kennedy in Cook has fanned fears about lack of balance – with more men set to replace retiring female MPs

The Guardian - AU

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Newest senator Dave Sharma officially sworn in

Dave Sharma has become Australia's newest senator after being sworn into the upper house following the retirement of former foreign minister Marise Payne.

AAP

Centrelink officials recalled to Senate estimates after failing to answer ‘basic questions’

Request for welfare agency to return on 7 November follows ‘unnaceptable’ October hearing about growing call and payment wait times

The Guardian - AU

Crossbenchers urge Labor to have ‘courage’ on changes to resources tax and stage-three tax cuts

David Pocock, Monique Ryan and Dai Le support revamping taxes to raise more revenue to address cost-of-living crisis

The Guardian - AU

Liberal factions ready for brawl over free Senate spot

Liberal moderates have met in a bid to quell internal divisions over selecting a candidate for a vacant Senate seat as they try and gain support from the right.

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Internal Liberal brawl beckons over free Senate spot

A former Liberal treasurer considered a frontrunner for a free Senate spot is being told to brace for a tighter-than-expected race.

AAP

The week in parliament: a rowdy protest, ‘aggressive’ MP behaviour and then the pressure cooker blows

Qatar Airways decision and questions to Richard Marles raise hackles, NSW Liberals jostle for Senate seat and Trump’s gift to UAP’s Ralph Babet

The Guardian - AU

New Liberal senator Maria Kovacic calls for negative gearing changes to tackle housing crisis

The NSW moderate urges parliament to respond to the housing affordability crisis in her first Senate speech

The Guardian - AU

Liberals preselect ex-NSW party president Maria Kovacic to replace late Jim Molan in Senate

Western Sydney businesswoman Maria Kovacic is preselected to fill the Senate seat left vacant by Jim Molan, dashing the hopes of ex-NSW cabinet minister Andrew Constance.

ABC News

NSW Liberals pick Maria Kovacic to fill late Jim Molan’s seat in Senate

Maria Kovacic, the former president of the NSW Liberal Party, will fill the senate vacancy left by the death of Jim Molan

The New Daily

Liberal infighting deepens for vacant NSW Senate seat, as unsourced smear against Maria Kovacic shared among members

A group of Liberals launch an opening salvo in the bitter factional fight for the party's vacant NSW Senate seat, questioning the ethnic heritage of candidate Maria Kovacic's family in an unsourced smear message.

ABC News

NSW Liberal moderates line up against conservatives, including Katherine Deves, to fill Senate vacancy

Warren Mundine decides not to run in wide open field that includes former state minister Andrew Constance

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Fury among NSW Liberals as MP escapes punishment for sharing explicit photos of female rival

Exclusive: Two party members say it is ‘unacceptable’ that Peter Poulos was not formally sanctioned

AAP

Parramatta hopeful now NSW Libs president

The Liberals have elected western Sydney businesswoman and federal candidate Maria Kovacic as president of the NSW division.

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Mark: his words

Good morning, early birds. Channel Nine is reporting NSW One Nation MP Mark Latham to the ‘authorities’ over a tweet he wrote about debate moderator Sarah Abo, and 10 weeks on from the floods Lismore residents say they are still suffering. It’s the news you need to know, with Emma…

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Political candidates are campaigning hard this election to court Indian-Australian voters. Are their strategies paying off?

Scott Morrison is not the only politician trying to influence the Indian-Australian voter. Candidates across the spectrum are seeing Australia's Indian diaspora as a demographic of growing influence — and working hard to woo them.

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Key battleground for federal election gets personal as more candidates join race

The battle for one marginal seat could come down to wild-card candidates, as the race turns personal in the Western Sydney federal seat of Parramatta.

AAP

Ex-mayor enters Parramatta fight

Former Cumberland City mayor Steve Christou blasts the major parties as he announces run as an independent for the federal seat of Parramatta in Sydney's west.

The Guardian - AU

Federal Liberals select nine election candidates in NSW seats despite legal challenge

Special committee including Scott Morrison and Dominic Perrottet chooses candidates for nine seats

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