Archive for January 27th, 2010
SURROUNDED: Senior Liberal official caught up in Colombo crisis *UPDATED
The federal Liberal party deputy director James McGrath has been in Sri Lanka campaigning for opposition leader General Sarath Fonseka. Government troops have surrounded the hotel where the General’s campaign team is staying and friends back home are gravely worried. He has spoken with VEXNEWS indicating that not only is he alive and well but he’s in no mood to be intimidated by a government throwing its weight around.
ROLLING OUT THE BRACKS: Big names come out for Jill Hennessy
A vigorous contest for Labor preselection for their safe Victorian state seat of Altona lasted all day Wednesday at ALP Head Office. Labor’s biggest names came out for Jill Hennessy in an attempt to defeat the highly presentable local councillor Luba Grigorovitch. VEXNEWS understands that Altona local Deputy PM Julia Gillard flew into Melbourne solely to vote for Hennessy today, indicating just how tight this contest was thought to be. As it turned out, despite a strong local showing, Cr Grigorovitch withdrew after her Left faction endorsed Hennessy.
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