Conservatives wrote to party members saying Speakman had made “sad” claims and “issued a blatant challenge to the leadership of Peter Dutton”.
Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s takeover of the NSW Liberal Party is under threat from a rearguard action by state leader Mark Speakman and moderate powerbrokers who fear right-wingers will use the move to retain power after the party’s local council registration disaster.
The letter is also an attempt by conservatives to avoid moderates gridlocking the committee charged with running the state party ahead of the federal election by appointing two more members. Dutton and other federal executive members will meet on Friday morning to decide on NSW’s request to add members, which represents a de facto vote on whether NSW moderate members have a say over the division’s affairs or whether full power will remain with the Victorians.Adding two new members would turn it into an even-numbered committee, leading to likely “gridlock and more disfunction ,” according to the email.
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