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Kean’s wants subsidies for electrification and poo-poos the idea that we need more gas supply.

Green Kean’s appearance at sustainable event in Labor seat has Libs seeing red

The former Liberal state treasurer turned Albanese government’s climate tsar will front an electrify event in Bennelong, now held by Labor.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook

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Former Labor senator Graham Richardson, back when he had hair.

How Graham Richardson got a Liberal MP’s high school debating team banned

The late Labor senator’s intervention set a future star on a path towards a career with the Liberal Party.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
Former School Infrastructure NSW CEO Anthony Manning.

From spin class to corruption inquiry: Yoga pals at centre of schools ICAC hearing

It has been alleged that former School Infrastructure NSW chief Anthony Manning improperly hired friends and misallocated funds from school projects.

  • Christopher Harris
Sophies Stokes with her husband Rob and Mackellar teal independent Sophie Scamps.

The battle for Mackellar could come down to Sophie v Sophie

Northern beaches Liberals were deep in the Pittwater byelection when nominations for the federal seat closed.

  • Alexandra Smith
Who, me? Couldn’t be. Rob Stokes, former NSW cabinet minister who was appointed to a committee to rescue the NSW division of the Liberal party – without his knowledge.

The Libs had a man with a plan to fix their problems. If only they’d told him

The Liberal Party’s federal executive voted to include Rob Stokes on a committee to take over the NSW division. Stokes was shocked to read about it in the Herald, then declined to accept.

  • Alexandra Smith
NSW Liberal Party president Don Harwin and sacked state director Richard Shields.

NSW Liberals forced into 10-month federal takeover after council fiasco

Party president Don Harwin will lose his position, as a federal committee which includes former NSW minister Rob Stokes takes charge of the NSW Liberals.

  • Alexandra Smith
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Georgia Ryburn will lose her spot on the Northern Beaches Council following the Liberal Party’s bungled nomination process.

Rob Stokes backs Northern Beaches deputy mayor to replace Rory Amon

Senior Liberal Rob Stokes is throwing his support behind Georgia Ryburn to nominate for the seat of Pittwater, vowing he would “back her every step of the way”.

  • Megan Gorrey
Bob Carr; Moore Park golf course

Former NSW premier Bob Carr tees off on Sydney golf course

NSW’s longest-serving premier is reigniting the squabble over prized green space in the city’s densely populated eastern suburbs.

  • Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
Rob Stokes.

What Rob Stokes did next ... ex-minister’s new role combines twin passions

Former NSW government minister Rob Stokes has been a man of leisure since he left politics. Now he has his sights set on an unusual fix to the housing crisis.

  • Megan Gorrey and Patrick Hatch
Rob Stokes.

Ex-minister wants an end to Sydney’s high-rise apartments

“Hard density is being imposed on Sydney not through public consensus, but rather because it is structurally and politically easier to do,” former minister Rob Stokes says.

  • Michael Koziol