Despoja not up for Dems leadership 1 All-round Country Edition

Senators were told during the post-mortem of the party's dramatic plunge in support in the party's home state of South Australia that there was only a slim chance of Democrats MLC Kate Reynolds retaining her position. Painting himself as a compromise candidate between rival factional heavy...

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Published inThe Australian (Canberra, A.C.T.)
Main Author Samantha Maiden, Tom Richardson
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canberra, A.C.T Nationwide News Pty Ltd 21.03.2006
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Allison, Lyn
Evans, Iain
Stott, NATASHA
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Summary:Senators were told during the post-mortem of the party's dramatic plunge in support in the party's home state of South Australia that there was only a slim chance of Democrats MLC Kate Reynolds retaining her position. Painting himself as a compromise candidate between rival factional heavyweights Vickie Chapman and Iain Evans, former frontbencher Martin Hamilton-Smith signalled his intention to run again following last year's failed challenge to outgoing leader Rob Kerin. With Liberal numbers in parliament still uncertain in the wake of Saturday's election defeat, leading moderate Ms Chapman is expected to have up to eight supporters in the partyroom, to Mr Evans's 14.
ISSN:1038-8761