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April

Protestors disrupted a planned campaign event to promote the Liberal candidate for Gilmore Andrew Constance.

Australians need to be better at disagreeing: Dutton

The opposition leader was forced to cancel a campaign stop in a must-win seat on the NSW south coast because of protesters, and has had his office vandalised.

Dutton with Dunkley candidate Nathan Conroy and Liberal senator James Patterson.

The $600b nuclear claim bedevilling Dutton

Labor’s assertion of how much the Coalition’s nuclear power plan will cost is selective at best. But that’s not the point.

February

Liberal candidate Andrew Constance says the Coalition will take Australia’s 2035 climate target “off the table”

Liberal hopeful says Paris climate target is ‘off the table’

Former state MP Andrew Constance, who is gunning for the coastal seat of Gilmore, says the Coalition will take a 2035 climate target “off the table”.

October 2023

Dave Sharma, the former Wentworth MP nominated this week.

Former Wentworth MP Dave Sharma chases Senate spot

Zed Seselja, who lost his Senate spot to independent David Pocock, has also nominated in a field of 10 candidates.

September 2023

Foreign Minister Marise Payne.

Mundine, Constance in the Senate mix as Payne retires

Former foreign minister and Australia’s first female defence minister Senator Marise Payne announced on Friday she would leave parliament at the end of the month, after 26 years in federal politics. 

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May 2023

 Maria Kovacic is a new Senator

‘Formidable woman’ to fill Jim Molan’s Senate vacancy

A “formidable woman” and former president of the NSW Liberal Party will fill the Senate vacancy left by Jim Molan.

Hat in the ring: Former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance.

Andrew Constance leads NSW Senate race to be Jim Molan’s successor

The preselection battle has drawn six candidates in a wide open contest, with the moderate faction split.

June 2022

Andrew Constance has asked for a recount in Gilmore.

Electoral commission considers Constance request for recount

Andrew Constance said he was concerned with the scrutiny of informal votes in Gilmore, hours before the AEC was due to declare Labor’s Fiona Phillips the winner.

May 2022

Liberal candidate for Gilmore, Andrew Constance (left), and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Coalition’s best chance to win a seat is on a knife-edge

Just 306 votes separate the Liberal Party’s star candidate, Andrew Constance, and Labor’s Fiona Phillips in the race for Gilmore on NSW’s South Coast.

April 2022

Liberal candidate for Gilmore, Andrew Constance (left), and Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

Morrison makes a play for Gilmore, but Black Summer memories linger

The Prime Minister headed to the NSW South Coast for day one of his campaign, where he faced questions about his handling of the Black Summer bushfires.

Scott Morrison is banking on former NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance to wrest the seat of Gilmore from the incumbent Labor MP Fiona Phillips.

Morrison makes a play for Gilmore with $40m roads package

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will spend the first morning of his campaign on the NSW South Coast, where he will announce a $40 million package to upgrade roads.

February 2022

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet after the by-elections

Morrison accentuates the positive in NSW byelections

Scott Morrison is keen to avoid any suggestion that swings against a state Coalition government the weekend by-elections reflect badly on his government’s chances.

Outgoing Bega MP Andrew Constance with Liberal candidate Fiona Kotvojs on Saturday. The Liberals suffered a primary swing of more than 13 per cent in the seat.

Big swings in Bega threaten a not-so-happy Gilmore

Scott Morrison will hope voters, having vented in Bega, will come back to the Liberals in Gilmore at the federal election.

Premier Dominic Perrottet and Treasurer Matt Kean at a press conference following Friday’s CBD Summit.

Super Saturday makes Perrottet the canary in the coal mine

Similarities in style between Premier Dominic Perrottet and Scott Morrison in handling the pandemic make super-Saturday more than about NSW.

January 2022

Morrison and Albanese are both hostage to COVID

Scott Morrison’s political summer did not go according to plan, but few voters are sure what Labor’s plan is or who Anthony Albanese is.

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December 2021

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet on Sunday.

Perrottet stamps authority with sweeping cabinet reshuffle

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has put nine first-time ministers into cabinet and added three portfolios: Cities; Science, Innovation and Technology; and Homes.

Paul Ell is a 31 year old lawyer who is taking on Andrew Constance for Liberal party preselection

Grassroots pushback against Liberal Party star candidate for Gilmore

Local party members are worried that the Liberal Party executive will install NSW MP Andrew Constance, who is the preferred pick of Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

November 2021

Former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance at The Australian Financial Review Infrastructure Summit.

Asset recycling incentives should be reinstated: Constance

Former NSW transport minister says broader federation reform is needed to boost new builds, and infrastructure planning for the next decade needs to begin now.

October 2021

Evenergi co-founder Daniel Hilson: The company offers customers a complete platform for the electrification of heavy vehicle fleets.

Start-up rides high on electric buses

The electrification of global bus fleets is proving a boon for a Sydney-based start-up selling software for optimising the management of green public transport.

NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet will contest for the Liberal party leadership to become Premier.

Premiership hopeful Perrottet will back euthanasia vote

Conservative NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet supports a vote on voluntary euthanasia, which could win over Liberal moderates as he fights to be Premier.

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