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The Liberal MP for Nepean, former tennis player Sam Groth, has issued a statement saying he's resigning from the Victorian opposition's frontbench.Photo shows Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto stands at a podium with media microphones, with three colleagues standing behind him.Pro-environment or pro-industry? Can Labor walk the Tasmanian tightrope?
Donations to the Tasmanian Liberals from a shopping centre developer are "a bit stinky", opponents say, and raise questions about the government's "quick and decisive action" to get the company's Devonport Stony Rise project up, in spite of a planning rejection.Photo shows An aerial photograph of a residential area, with a portion of it blocked out in yellow to indicate the area of a development.
Labor says result is positive because it could have been much worse. Outside Brisbane, it's hard to see how David Speirs, who held the role of SA opposition leader for almost two-and-a-half years, formally quits parliament 10 days after he revealed police had arrested him on suspicion of drug offences.Tasmania has a new deputy premier, as an early morning meeting of the Liberal Party elects minister Guy Barnett to the role in the wake of Michael Ferguson's departure from the cabinet for the backbench.
Pesutto shared defamation case settlement details with former Liberal premier Jeff Kennett, trial hears
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