May 3, 2010

EXCLUSIVE SCOOP #2: Liberal Senate Leadership Results

Jim Richardson comes back exclusively to Menzies House readers with the results of the Senate deputy leadership ballot.

Eric Abetz is the new Leader of the Opposition in the Senate and, as predicted, George Brandis is the new Deputy. 

With 18 votes, including the backing of key senior figures in the Senate, his victory was decisive over Mathias Cormann who received eight votes. Ian Macdonald received five votes to come in third place.

[Editor's note - thanks Jim for keeping us in the loop!]

03/05/2010 4:20:56 PM | Jim Richardson, Senate

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Ben
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Good work Jim.

Posted by: Ben | May 4, 2010 at 10:14 AM

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