Mark Speakman
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
Latest
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
Updated
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
Updated
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
Opinion
Factional politics
Wagga Wagga boo-boo? Perhaps, but Speakman must defang yappy Nats
If the NSW Coalition can almost fall apart over a juvenile spat, the leader must take change and reassert his authority.
- by Alexandra Smith
Updated
Factional politics
Perrottet-brokered peace deal saves NSW Coalition from split
A 96-hour civil war between the NSW Liberals and Nationals was resolved late on Monday night with negotiations brokered by former premier Dominic Perrottet.
- by Max Maddison, Alexandra Smith and Christopher Harris
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