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24 Sep 05:55am

Filed under: Arthur Sinodinos, Liberal Party, Nsw Liberal Party, Politics, Tony Abbott

In mid-August Tony Abbott received a telephone call from a senior NSW Liberal Party official during which, amid a flurry of F-words, the Opposition Leader was given a warning from his home town.

Warnings looked something like this

He was told that if a factional barney over preselections was allowed to spread it would be World War III. Arthur Sinodinos, who last weekend was to have stepped down as NSW Liberal division president, was given the same message, according to party sources.

A month later it might not exactly be World War III but the political equivalent of tactical thermo-nuclear devices have been detonated.

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Babylon says:

07:29pm | 24/09/12

The Age, a well known mouth piece and soap box for the ALP always talks about “the complicated world of ALP factions.” So it is ironic that a Left winger would criticise the LNP for being fractious. It’s like Gillard lecturing us on family values after smashing Emersons. If you… Read more »
Babylon says:

07:22pm | 24/09/12

The ALP unions are always at war. The “ALP Union Compact”, attempted to marry the far left and far right of the Labor Party. The previous “stability deal” only suited the bulk of the other socialist left factions. But the Right socialists in the National Union of Workers increased their… Read more »

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