Inside the meeting that killed a Liberal Party takeover
The article details a 2022 political confrontation in rural New South Wales where Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley successfully thwarted a takeover attempt by a faction known as the Reformers. The event is now being linked to broader corruption investigations involving political powerbrokers and property developers.
Why it matters
It highlights internal party instability and potential corruption risks within Australian state politics that have long-term implications for leadership.
At the end of an attempted coup in a little-known town in country NSW, Sussan Ley strode up to its controversial architect and gave him a vitriolic spray.
The Finley Retreat Public Hall in southern NSW was the unlikely setting for a meeting that would severely damage the ambitions of the Reformers. Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items.
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Share A A A ICAC’s Operation Rosny is investigating property developer Jean Nassif’s links to political powerbrokers, councils and Catholic schools. See all stories . Long before she won a ballot to become Liberal Party leader following Peter Dutton’s crushing federal election defeat, Sussan Ley had to prevail in a battle to keep her own place in parliament.
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