Byelection
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NSW Liberals push Greiner to fund Bradfield court challenge after 26-vote loss
Liberal candidate for Bradfield Gisele Kapterian is prepared to challenge her election loss if given indemnity from the party.
- Alexandra Smith
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Coalition senator fills in for Burke at citizenship ceremonies slammed by Dutton
Kerrynne Liddle spoke at a citizenship ceremony on behalf of Tony Burke on the same day Coalition colleagues implied he was using the events to swing votes in key seats.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Liberals hold Scott Morrison’s old seat of Cook
The safe Liberal margin in the electorate of Cook and lack of a Labor candidate meant Simon Kennedy claimed almost 63 per cent of the primary vote in Saturday’s byelection.
- Rachel Clun and Andrew Taylor
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Dutton and Ley have created a foolproof what-not-to-do election guide
Thanks to their behaviour in the lead-up to and aftermath of the Dunkley byelection, the leader and deputy Liberal leaders risk being cast as the toxic twins of federal politics.
- Niki Savva
Private school gets green light for bush campus
The Land and Environment Court has backed Frensham girls school plans to build a “bush campus” in an area linked to wombats, koalas and platypus.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Former McKinsey consultant to succeed Scott Morrison in Cook
Simon Kennedy, who was backed by Tony Abbott, beat local mayor Carmelo Pesce by 158 to 90 votes in the final round of voting.
- Paul Sakkal
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How low can they go? Byelection exposed our cheap and tinny politics
The focus of both major parties for the Dunkley byelection was fairly trivial. Let’s hope they can do better for the looming federal election.
- Sean Kelly
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Mayor defends voting record ahead of Cook preselection
Sutherland Shire Mayor Carmelo Pesce voted to sell land to a developer with whom he had declared a conflict of interest five months earlier.
- Ben Cubby and Paul Sakkal
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Morrison might not have held a hose, but Dutton doesn’t hold a policy
If the Dunkley byelection was a protest against Labor, the protesters failed to show up.
- Peter Hartcher
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- Political leadership
Dutton will claim a moral victory. The true moral of the story is different
The Liberal Party is claiming a moral win in the Dunkley byelection – but moral victories don’t deliver government.
- James Massola
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