Whatever his current polling woes, in Malcolm Turnbull, the Liberal Party may just have found a potent template for its political direction and indeed, its very future, writes The Western Warrior.
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Turnbull in a Wild West shoot out
Malcolm Turnbull may have headed over to the WA Liberal faithful to discuss ETS negotiations, but they didn’t want to hear it, with all but one voting for no ETS negotiations pre Copenhagen. Now what for the West?
Should party leadership or local members decide safe seats?
Safe seats are an opportunity to elect someone bright and controversial. However, state leaders being able to override preselection committee candidates are affecting the candidates selected, writes Anna Winter.
WA part II: this election is Barnett’s to win. Or lose
The people of Western Australian just want good government, writes Noel Crichton-Browne.
WA part I: Libs are underdogs, but backable
The timing is cynical, and the odds are stacked against the opposition, but don’t write the Liberals off in WA, writes William Bowe.
Tips and rumours
Matt Birney from the WA Liberals has recently quit politics for a “business” career. What people don’t know is he was stacked out by the northern alliance. They closed the preselection votes a couple of weeks ago, and Matt has found he has been stacked out, so he has jumped rather than been pushed.
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