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Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres, pictured in 2015, shared a love of horses.

Political split: Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

Bedrock political couple call time after more than 15 years.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

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Former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance will be the Liberals’ candidate for Gilmore in the next federal election.

Constance secures Gilmore candidacy for federal election

Former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance has won preselection for the South Coast seat of Gilmore, beating Shoalhaven councillor Paul Ell 80 votes to 69, and setting him up for a fifth tilt at federal parliament.

  • Angus Thompson, Annika Smethurst and Paul Sakkal
Dave Sharma after securing preselection victory for the Liberals Senate spot left vacant by the retirement of Marise Payne.

Dave Sharma’s shock preselection win secures Liberal Senate spot

The former Wentworth MP will re-enter politics as a federal senator after defeating former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance in a hotly contested ballot.

  • Michael McGowan
Zed Seselja, who was minister for international development and the Pacific in the Morrison government, has nominated for the NSW Liberal Party’s Senate preselection.

Nine NSW Liberals and a former ACT senator walk into a preselection race

The process to replace former foreign affairs minister Marise Payne in the Senate has officially begun, with two former federal MPs attempting to revive their political careers.

  • Max Maddison
Former NSW Liberal president Maria Kovacic won the vote on Saturday.

Maria Kovacic beats Andrew Constance to take vacant Liberal Senate seat

Former Liberal Party state president Maria Kovacic will enter the Senate after edging out former state treasurer and transport minister Andrew Constance.

  • Anthony Galloway
Treasurer Tim Pallas said he handed down his most difficult budget on Tuesday.

‘Cute li’l surprise’: Daniel Andrews’ staff describe the boss to a tea

More details have emerged about the premier’s surprise appearance at the media lock-up, as the treasurer ran the post-budget business gauntlet.

  • Noel Towell and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Leading No campaigner Warren Mundine urged to run for NSW Senate vacancy

The timing could prove awkward for Mundine, who is a leading campaigner against the referendum for the Indigenous Voice to parliament.

  • Anthony Galloway
Schools boss Dallas McInerney has ruled himself out for a Senate vacancy, leaving moderate Andrew Constance and party veteran Mary-Lou Jarvis vying for the seat

Frontrunner for Molan Senate vacancy withdraws, saying seat doesn’t need to go to a woman

Former NSW transport minister and moderate Andrew Constance is the favourite for a seat considered the property of Liberal conservatives.

  • Jordan Baker
Warning signs for mobile speed cameras are being reintroduced

One-third of NSW speed camera vehicles too small to fit warning signs

Senior transport officials have conceded that the vehicles may have to be replaced because they can’t fit the warning signs for mobile speed cameras.

  • Matt O'Sullivan and Tom Rabe
Andrew Constance

‘The Liberal Party can’t exist for itself’: Constance on life after politics

Despite losing the seat of Gilmore, Andrew Constance hasn’t ruled out another tilt at Canberra, although he says the troubled NSW division of the party needs to find its way or face irrelevance.

  • Alexandra Smith

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