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

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The former New South Wales premier Nick Greiner will chair a new committee in charge of the state Liberal branch as part of a nine-month extension to the federal intervention of the division.

The Liberal party federal executive voted at a meeting on Tuesday to install the new body, which replaces the three-person panel appointed after the council elections bungle.

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