The federal takeover of the NSW Liberal division has hit a hurdle, with former NSW MP Rob Stokes refusing to serve on the proposed administration committee. The federal executive had requested three senior Liberals be appointed administrators for the state branch — former Victorian state treasurer Alan Stockdale, former NSW MP Rob Stokes, and former Howard government minister Richard Alston. …
As the blame game over the Liberal Party local council debacle continues, internal emails have revealed the last-minute scramble to endorse more than 160 candidates before the party missed a critical deadline. The Liberal Party head office failed to submit the candidate nomination forms by noon on Wednesday August 14, leading to 140 candidates across 16 councils missing out on …
Former New South Wales premier Mike Baird says the Liberal Party's failure to nominate close to 140 candidates for next month's local government elections is a "tragedy." "The NSW Electoral Commission admitted to a significant error in the lead-up to the 2024 NSW Local Government Elections, which could have serious consequences for the democratic process," the statement said. The Liberal …