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08 Apr 05:40am

Filed under: Election 2010, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Wentworth Pre Selection

Federal politics is losing quite a remarkable figure in Malcolm Turnbull. But Liberals in Sydney’s east must now turn their minds to choosing his replacement.

One of the streets in Malcolm Turnbull's seat of Wentworth earlier this year. Photo: Simon Bullard

The waters are somewhat muddied by the preselection campaign for the state seat of Vaucluse – itself entirely within the borders of Wentworth. Former NSW Opposition Leader Peter Debnam has seen the writing on the wall and is backdooring it at the next election.

Several of the candidates for Vaucluse, like Gabrielle Upton and Peter Doyle, are now considering a shift of strategy and a tilt for the bigger prize of a federal seat.There is a strong case for preselecting a Jewish candidate.

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Jason says:

08:01pm | 12/04/10

Simply because when Howards Liberal party was in power he purposly made life difficult for us gays, and Shayne Mallard defended John Howard constantly. Its like a jewish person defending Adolf Hitler. Read more »
Dan says:

08:45pm | 08/04/10

Uh, Melina, who are you to judge other Jews (I assume you’re Jewish?) and how observant they are? ‘fake jewish et al candidates whoa can’t even speak their mother tongue’? So says whom? You? Well, this may shock you, but Jews can not judge the religiosity of other Jews. If… Read more »

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