Andrew Peacock
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Watch your step: Campaign disasters Albanese and Dutton must not repeat
The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.
- Tony Wright
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- Liberal Party
Liberals mourn ‘champion’ federal director Tony Eggleton
A key figure in the party over four decades, Eggleton was thrust into the national spotlight upon the disappearance of Harold Holt in 1967.
- David Crowe
‘He was a lot of fun’: Liberals remember party leader Andrew Peacock
Former federal Liberal leader Andrew Peacock has been remembered with great fondness by the party faithful as a man of charisma, decency and sartorial elegance.
- Josh Gordon
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- Political leadership
Politicians trash-talking their leader is not new, but here’s what worries the PM most about the Berejiklian text leak
It’s not what it said so much as the timing of the leak - amid a bitter internal Liberal Party brawl in the countdown to the federal election.
- Janine Perrett
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‘The real reason is the environment’: Allegra Spender to run as Wentworth independent
The daughter of eastern suburbs darling-designer Carla Zampatti and former Liberal MP John Spender, Allegra Spender, seems tailor-made to capture the blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Wentworth at the next election.
- Jacqueline Maley
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Buckle up. Sky Pilot Barnaby’s gone full circle
The country party, run for almost half a century by tough and steady old-fashioned names like Arty Fadden, Black Jack McEwen and Doug Anthony, has a tear-away named Barnaby at the driving wheel - again.
- Tony Wright
‘And then Andrew Peacock arrived’: Tributes for the colt of Kooyong and a life lived to the full
Friends, allies and past political foes have paid tribute to the giant of public life.
- Zach Hope
- Opinion
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Andrew Peacock: The man I knew and respected
He had a talent that drew people into his orbit – a charm, a self-deprecating wit, a certain style that grabbed the attention of friends and foes, inside and outside the arena of politics.
- John Ridley
Photo Gallery: Andrew Peacock in pictures
Andrew Peacock served in Parliament for over 28 years and was a Minister in the Gorton, McMahon and Fraser governments; and led the Liberal Party to two elections. After his service in Parliament, he served as Australia’s Ambassador to the United States.
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