NSW moderate Liberals accused of undermining Peter Dutton amid fallout over council nominations
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from on (#6QNND)
Factional infighting to continue as party conservatives claim Mark Speakman's push for four-person panel is blatant challenge' to federal leadership
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Moderate power brokers in the New South Wales Liberal party have been accused of undermining Peter Dutton by voting for a four-person panel to administer the division, in what opponents have described as an attempt to neutralise" federal intervention.
In an email to members after the NSW executive met on Tuesday, conservatives accused the state president, Don Harwin, and the NSW leader, Mark Speakman, of a blatant challenge to the leadership of Peter Dutton and the federal executive".
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