Little India trip for new leader on journey for votes The Liberals are working to win back multicultural and suburban voters as the party faces electoral irrelevance at federal and state levels. AAP · Nov 21, 2025
Who is Kellie Sloane, the new NSW Liberal leader – and can this first-term former journalist save the party? Former television reporter and presenter, now the member for Vaucluse, praised for her ‘enormous potential’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2025
Kellie Sloane elected NSW Liberal leader unopposed, replacing Mark Speakman Former journalist and first-term MP has vowed to take the fight on energy, infrastructure and housing to the Minns Labor government The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2025
'Ready to fight': first-term MP rises to leadership With the clock ticking down to a pivotal election, the NSW Liberals new leader will must turn around a party stuck in a "dire" situation. AAP · Nov 20, 2025
Two frontrunners emerge as Liberals seek new leader The NSW Liberal Party will meet to choose a new leader after their head honcho quit citing brand damage caused by federal colleagues. AAP · Nov 20, 2025
Mark Speakman stands down as leader of NSW Liberals with Kellie Sloane expected to replace him Opposition leader says ‘brand damage’ from the federal Liberals had colleagues looking for generational change and endorses Sloane as replacement The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2025
Damaged Liberal brand takes another hit as leader quits Another leadership spill looms for the beleaguered Liberals after a state leader succumbed to pressure from his colleagues and called it quits. AAP · Nov 19, 2025
The conservative parties can change their leaders – but it won’t stop the NSW Coalition’s death spiral The Nationals have a new leader in Gurmesh Singh, and Kellie Sloane could soon replace Liberal leader Mark Speakman. But the Coalition is fractured on net zero The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2025
Afternoon Update: threats to female MPs after neo-Nazi rally; end to US government shutdown in sight; and who is ‘fedora man’? Premier says alleged threats an example of what ‘women in public life have to put up with’ The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2025
MPs Allegra Spender & Kellie Sloane Received Death Threats After Condemning Sydney’s Neo-Nazi Rally Allegra Spender and Kellie Sloane, have reported threatening messages they received to the police after condemning Sydney's neo-Nazi rally. Pedestrian.tv · Nov 10, 2025
Two female MPs report death and rape threats after condemning neo-Nazi rally outside NSW parliament Allegra Spender and Kellie Sloane report threats to police, as premier says government is investigating whether ban on Nazi symbols should be expanded The Guardian - AU · Nov 10, 2025
'Will not be bullied': female MPs stare down neo-Nazis Two women representing large Jewish communities say they will not be intimidated by extremist neo-Nazis as police permission for a street rally is questioned. AAP · Nov 10, 2025
Kellie Sloane is tipped to replace Mark Speakman as NSW Liberal leader. That should make life tougher for Chris Minns Sloane, an ex-journalist, is good at delivering lines. But if the state Coalition tears itself apart over net zero, she could be left talking up a fractured opposition The Guardian - AU · Nov 8, 2025
Leader 'supremely confident' despite gossip, polls A thumping loss at the voting booth and dismal polling has intensified debate about a Liberal leader being replaced but he is brushing off "anonymous gossip". AAP · Sep 14, 2025
The Guardian - AU · Sep 14, 2025 The question for the NSW Liberals after the Kiama drubbing is: can anyone do better than Mark Speakman? Kellie Sloane has ruled out moving a spill and James Griffin isn’t eager. Alister Henskens is thought to lack the numbers. So, for now, the leader might be safe
The Guardian - AU · Aug 26, 2025 Plan to finish forgotten Woollahra train station and build 10,000 homes won’t combat Sydney’s affordability crisis, critics say ‘If this just becomes a very high-end market development … it’s not going to do anything,’ University of Sydney academic says
AAP · Feb 14, 2024 Asbestos-tainted mulch potentially at hundreds of sites Hundreds of sites are due to be tested for contaminated mulch including some outside Sydney as an expert group is formed to speed up the investigation.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024 NSW opposition calls for central register of sites under investigation amid asbestos crisis Environment spokesperson Kellie Sloane says park users should not hear about potential contamination through the media
AAP · Feb 6, 2024 NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first NSW is shutting the door on offshore drilling and mining operations in its waters, sabotaging PEP-11 and other projects.
Newcastle Herald · Nov 22, 2023 Environment groups blast government's use of 'hypotheticals' in gas ban debate Opposition says government never intended to support its legislation.
Newcastle Herald · Jun 1, 2023 'Cat meow': Labor's Jenny Aitchison says she heard sound from opposition bench No MP has owned up to making the sound.
ABC News · Mar 26, 2023 Former NSW treasurer Matt Kean rules out contesting Liberal Party's top job after Dominic Perrottet steps down Soul-searching starts at Liberal headquarters after a crushing defeat to Labor in the NSW election, as deputy leader Matt Kean says he won't be contesting the party's top job.
ABC News · Feb 25, 2023 The women hoping to be voted into lower house at NSW election Kellie Sloane insists she is venturing into New South Wales politics, which has a lower house known as the bear pit, with her eyes wide open. She's one of a number of women hoping to make their mark at the upcoming election.
AAP · Nov 29, 2022 Voters frustrated in blue-ribbon Vaucluse An independent challenger for the upcoming NSW election says voters feel taken for granted and "frustrated" in a traditionally blue-ribbon Sydney seat.