The New South Wales Liberal Party is set for a federal takeover, with state leader Mark Speakman saying the move would help 'take the fight to Labor', despite his insistence management of the organisation was 'sound'.
NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman claims federal takeover will help 'take the fight to Labor ', insists party is fundamentally 'sound'
Peter Dutton held a meeting with the the party's executive on Tuesday evening, which ultimately decided a management committee should be appointed to temporarily oversee the NSW branch. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin Mr Speakman added that disagreements over how best to handle the fallout over the administrative own-goal were"irrelevant" now the federal division had set course for a takeover, although he insisted the state branch was not in a state of dysfunction.The Liberal Party is set to parachute federal officials into its NSW branch, with state leader Mark Speakman insisting the party's fundamentals were"sound".
"I lead a united team, I lead a team full of talented individuals, whether they're longer serving members or whether they're newbies, we have extraordinary talent." "This is something the federal division has written to the NSW division, they've got until next Thursday to respond to the proposal and our sole focus, my sole focus, Peter's focus is to make sure that we win seats.
Ms Ley maintained the decision should not be viewed as a hostile takeover, insisting it was"about cooperation, its about a constructive relationship" as she explained"millions of Liberal Party members" were counting on a strong showing in NSW to ensure the Albanese government was voted out of office.
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