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Liberal chair 'tried to get out of' key leadership gig

A former premier heading up a beleaguered Liberal party says he didn't want the job but was caught at a moment of weakness.

AAP

Victorian octogenarians dumped from committee running NSW Liberal party but federal intervention continues

Alan Stockdale and Richard Alston axed from panel after recent controversies and replaced with six new members from NSW, including chair Nick Greiner

The Guardian - AU

Liberals launch high-level probe into election drubbing

A decades-low primary vote and the challenges posed by teal independents will be key elements of a review into the Liberals' crushing federal election loss.

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Democracy’s bad eggs: corruption, pork-barrelling and abuses of power

The question of how best to eliminate corruption has exercised the minds of philosophers as much as the practical drafters of legislation from Ancient Greek and Roman times.

The Conversation

‘A room of 30 children’: review of NSW Liberals’ election loss blames infighting and delayed preselections

Coalition could still return to power in four years if key reforms are adopted, party room told

The Guardian - AU

Gladys Berejiklian is fighting to clear her name after Icac’s adverse findings. Is it a risk worth taking?

The former premier will launch her legal appeal next month, but some say the extended public attention may further damage her reputation

The Guardian - AU

Icac under fire: the NSW corruption commission has made some powerful enemies

Icac has brought down three premiers, including the one who set it up, and has come in for vitriolic criticism. But supporters argue its powers are necessary because of the very nature of corruption

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Chris Minns' minority government may need to go slow — and that could prove to be good for NSW

If history is anything to go by, the 58th government under NSW Labor Chris Minns won't be unstable because it's two seats short of a majority — but it will face some heavy interrogation.

ABC News

NSW minority government is a sign of the times

Elections in New South Wales are always interesting, and this year’s has given us a week of suspense over whether the Minns Labor government would be a

The New Daily

Can poker machine reform save Dominic Perrottet from polls suggesting he’ll lose power in NSW?

After 12 years in power the Coalition has an uphill fight, say analysts, with a hung parliament a possibility

The Guardian - AU

Losers who lived: Matthew Guy is among the rare breed of opposition leaders given a second chance

Thrashed in 2018, the Liberal leader is hoping to find redemption in this weekend’s Victorian election – but the polls are not on his side

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison’s Icac claims are ‘absolute rubbish’, say transparency experts

Legal figures say it is ‘ridiculous’ for the PM to call the NSW corruption commission a ‘kangaroo court’ that has led to too many politicians resigning

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