Frustrations with the state Liberal Party division stem back to a belief it cost Tony Abbott victory in 2010.
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The catalyst for this week’s federal takeover of the NSW Liberal Party was last month’s bungle over local government election nominations, but the frustrations with the division stem back to a belief it cost Tony Abbott victory in 2010.
And the fear this time was that unless the division was cleaned out and fixed up, history may repeat.
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Original URL: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/nsw-libs-robbed-abbott-in-2010-now-dutton-wants-to-avoid-a-repeat-20240904-p5k7oj
