Exclusive: Former NSW attorney-general Mark Speakman is widely expected to announce his candidacy for Liberal Party leadership, ending weeks of speculation over his ambition for the role
Former NSW attorney-general Mark Speakman is widely expected to announce his candidacy for Liberal Party leadership, ending weeks of speculation over his ambition for the role.understands Speakman, who has not spoken publicly since the election on March 25, has spent the past week firming up support across the party.
The meeting to elect a new leader will take place almost a month after the Coalition was swept from power after 12 years in government. TheThe Liberals received a boost on Wednesday when the NSW electoral commission released the final count of the upper house with its candidate, Rachel Merton, beating out the Animal Justice Party to the final spot in the 42-person chamber by 10,628 votes.
Greenwich said that during the meeting the independents had “made it clear that when it comes to gaming reform this is still the top joint priority of all three of us”.“We want to really work with the government to ensure the trial of cashless gaming is as robust as it possibly can be, and we hope to meet with the new minister, David Harris, soon, to discuss our ideas on that,” he said.
Among those revenue measures is a higher coal royalties price such as the one adopted by the Labor government in Queensland, something the Greens support but which Mookhey ruled out during the campaign.
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