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Andrew Constance and Peter Dutton in the seat of Gilmore

Council to be stripped of hiring decisions after Constance appointment

The decision to appoint former NSW minister Andrew Constance as the new chief executive of a South Coast council was described “as jobs for Liberal mates”.

  • Alexandra Smith

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Former NSW Transport Minister ran a failed campaign for the South Coast seat of Gilmore in this year’s federal poll.

‘Does not pass the pub test’: Andrew Constance scores council top job

After a failed tilt at federal politics, the former transport minister has a new job. His one-time rival says it “reeks of jobs for Liberal mates”.

  • Megan Gorrey
Former premier Dominic Perrottet, Merivale chief executive Justin Hemmes and former transport minister Andrew Constance.

How Merivale’s powerful political ties helped move a light rail stop

The hospitality giant’s chief executive, Justin Hemmes, has spent a decade cultivating his contacts at the top of the Liberal Party.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
A three-cornered contest in Gilmore makes life complicated for the major parties

How a sense of betrayal brought a major complication to a battleground seat

At the last election, Labor won Gilmore by just 373 votes. A new player has emerged to muddy the waters.

  • Nick O'Malley
Liberal candidate for Gilmore Andrew Constance inadvertently helped a teal fundraising push.

How Andrew Constance helped boost $1m teal fundraising blitz

The former NSW Liberal frontbencher turned federal candidate said on Monday a Dutton government would not set a 2035 climate target. He has already walked back the comments.

  • Alexandra Smith and Mike Foley
2023 NSW STATE ELECTIONS  March 25, 2023 Photo Dean Sewell Liberal MP for Penrith Stuart Ayres has arrived at the party’s official after party in that seat, where Herald reporter Harriet Alexander is stationed. Ayres arrived with his wife and federal Liberal senator Marise Payne, or as he described her, “the tall redhead that’s standing beside me”. Ayres will not concede tonight. He said the NSW Electoral Commission had told him that two big pre-polling stations would not be counted tonight and therefore there will not be a result. “I don’t want to sugarcoat this,” Ayres said. “It’s a narrow path, but we need the Electoral Commission to do its work over the coming days. We’ve seen across the state that it’s a pretty ugly night but here in Penrith we are still fighting.”

Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

The bedrock political couple are calling time after more than 15 years.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance will be the Liberals’ candidate for Gilmore in the next federal election.

Constance secures Gilmore candidacy for federal election

Former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance has won preselection for the South Coast seat of Gilmore, beating Shoalhaven councillor Paul Ell 80 votes to 69, and setting him up for a fifth tilt at federal parliament.

  • Angus Thompson, Annika Smethurst and Paul Sakkal
David Littleproud took nearly six months to declare a trip to the Adani mine

David Littleproud finally remembers to declare free mine trip from Adani

The Nationals leader was flown to the controversial Carmichael mine last October. It took him nearly six months to declare it.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth has spoken about the inquiry into the pandemic response.

Will he or won’t he? Dr Nick Coatsworth on whether he’ll run for the Liberal Party

We would’ve loved to be a fly on the wall when the human jawline was cornered by anti-vaccine Coalition senator Gerard Rennick at a recent event.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Dave Sharma after securing preselection victory for the Liberals Senate spot left vacant by the retirement of Marise Payne.

Dave Sharma’s shock preselection win secures Liberal Senate spot

The former Wentworth MP will re-enter politics as a federal senator after defeating former NSW transport minister Andrew Constance in a hotly contested ballot.

  • Michael McGowan