Liberals were split over whether the preselected Amelia Hamer should stand aside if Frydenberg wants to try to win back the seat. Follow the day’s news live
Speculation is everywhere today that the Victorian Liberal Party may re-do its candidate preselection in the Melbourne seat of Kooyong in the wake of proposed new electoral boundaries that could be more Liberal-favourable, and that former treasurer Josh Frydenberg may seek to challenge 31-year-old Amelia Hamer, who was chosen in March this year.
Despite some Liberals raising concerns that it would be a bad look to oust a young woman to let Frydenberg return - after he chose not to contest the preselection when it was held just nine weeks ago - his former frontbench colleague, retiring federal Liberal MP Karen Andrews, is backing the move.
This is about making sure that we have the strongest possible candidates in each seat, and we have the best team to take forward,” Andrews has told ABC Radio National this morning.
...What I am saying is, in respect of Josh Frydenberg, they should do all they can to attract him back into parliament. And then clearly if that means reopening preselection, then that has to be considered,”
We need the people who lost seats to take account that they might have also not done enough in those seats to hold them.
You cannot blame Scott Morrison for everything. And I think that we are working really hard – we’ve actually got a lot of good women in the field for the next election. I’m really proud of the calibre that we have managed to attract.
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