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Joe Aston

Kevin Andrews, ready-made diplomat?

Lest we forget Kevin Andrews, a sentient trope for everything cold, retrograde and frankly embarrassing about conservatism.

The Liberal Party’s Victorian division is finally uniting veteran federal MP Kevin Andrews with his lifetime pension, replacing him in the safe seat of Menzies with a 43-year-old barrister and former Commando officer, Keith Wolahan. It’s called renewal.

Not to The Australian’s Dennis Shanahan, who on Monday bewailed “ham-fisted knuckle-dragging efforts to remove loyal Liberals” having delivered “this Shakespearean tragic outcome”.

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Joe Aston is the founder of Rampart and the best-selling author of The Chairman’s Lounge: The inside story of how Qantas sold us out. From 2012 to 2023, Joe helmed The Australian Financial Review’s Rear Window column. Email Joe at hello@rampart.news

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