Mark Speakman
Liberal leader claims ‘overwhelming support’ after heavy Pittwater loss
The Liberals suffered a bad loss in Pittwater on Saturday, but NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman says a “perfect storm” conspired against the party and his MPs are still backing him in.
- by Max Maddison
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Analysis
NSW byelection
When it rains it pours, and right now it feels like the NSW Liberal Party is drowning
The most interesting part of this byelection is what it means for Mark Speakman, for whom 2024 has oscillated between horror and vaudeville.
- by Michael McGowan
Analysis
NSW byelection
The NSW Liberals have many problems but they are finally fixing one
The NSW Liberals have finally read the room. But their problems are not disappearing.
- by Alexandra Smith
NSW Liberal leader at war with Dutton-led takeover
Conservatives wrote to party members saying Mark Speakman had made “sad” claims and “issued a blatant challenge to the leadership of Peter Dutton”.
- by Paul Sakkal and Alexandra Smith
Opinion
Political leadership
The Libs had a man with a plan to fix their problems. If only they’d told him
The Liberal Party’s federal executive voted to include Rob Stokes on a committee to take over the NSW division. Stokes was shocked to read about it in the Herald, then declined to accept.
- by Alexandra Smith
Henskens survives NSW Liberals’ crisis talks after text message revelations
The decision to keep the shadow attorney-general on the frontbench came with the party engulfed in crisis over the failure to nominate 140 candidates in the September 14 council elections.
- by Max Maddison
Two NSW Liberal MPs deny leaking against leader as fallout from council bungle grows
2GB shock jock outs two “cowardly” conservative Liberal MPs, Alister Henskens and Anthony Roberts, claiming the pair have been privately texting him to undermine Mark Speakman.
- by Max Maddison
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NSW councils
Class action on cards after NSW Liberal Party council poll catastrophe
The NSW Liberals sacked state director Richard Shields after a catastrophic blunder left the party without 140 candidates in 16 councils for next month’s local government elections.
- by Max Maddison and Alexandra Smith
The voters affected by the NSW Liberal council fiasco
Over 130 Liberal candidates in 16 councils have not been nominated for next month’s election. See whether your local council has been affected.
- by Nick Newling
Failure to launch: Inside the NSW Liberals’ slippery slope towards council nominations fiasco
While the Liberal Party’s NSW director Richard Shields attended the opening of a children’s playground on Wednesday, staff were “in meltdown” over a catastrophic failure to nominate council candidates before deadline.
- by Michael Koziol
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NSW councils
‘Shocked, gutted, in disbelief’: Liberal blame game erupts over council catastrophe
State director Richard Shields has dismissed calls for his resignation as “premature” after the party failed to register many candidates for local government elections next month.
- by Alexandra Smith, Max Maddison, Megan Gorrey and Anthony Segaert
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