Liberals Marise Payne and Jim Molan take first and third spots with the Nationals’ Ross Cadell second
The foreign minister, Marise Payne, and Jim Molan have been chosen to fill the first and third spots on the Coalition’sThe decision by the Liberals on Saturday means the veteran Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, who also contested the preselection, will not get a winnable spot on the ticket.The former NSW state director of the Nationals, Ross Cadell, will take the second spot on the ticket.
The Liberal preselection was also contested by the lawyer and president of the NSW Liberal Women’s Council, Mary-Lou Jarvis. The party said in a statement the Senate team would “continue to fight for families and small businesses across NSW, and will ensure that our community benefits from the Morrison government’s Covid recovery plan with a stronger economy and a more secure nation”.She held parliamentary secretary and junior ministry portfolios from 2013 to 2016 and in early 2016 was made the minister for international development and the Pacific.
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