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Tony Eggleton in 1995.

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

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Andrew Peacock remembered at a state memorial in Melbourne.

‘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.

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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.

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Allegra Spender is running as an independent candidate for Wentworth.

‘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
Barnaby Joyce has returned to the leadership of the Nationals.

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
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Andrew Peacock talks to Brisbane    leaders forum, May 26, 2003.

‘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
Andrew Peacock

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
Andrew Peacock talks to Brisbane    leaders forum, May 26, 2003.

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.

Andrew Peacock, pictured in 1997 when he was Australian ambassador to the US.

‘A great Australian and treasure’: Andrew Peacock dies in the US aged 82

Peacock’s death was confirmed on Friday night by his daughter Ann in a tribute to “my beautiful, loving, most caring, thoughtful, generous and brilliant father”.

  • Tony Wright, Rob Sharp and David Crowe

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