Five Liberal MPs supported a factional deal. Now it’s at the centre of a corruption probe
Asked why by the Herald, the former attorney-general said: “I have no recollection of those matters.”AdvertisementBut five current MPs who were on the state executive at the time supported it. The group includes four current members of Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane’s frontbench: Chris Rath, James Wallace, Jacqui Munro and Mark Coure. All four are from the dominant moderate faction.
- ▪Asked why by the Herald, the former attorney-general said: “I have no recollection of those matters.”AdvertisementBut five current MPs who were on the state executive at the time supported it.
- ▪The group includes four current members of Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane’s frontbench: Chris Rath, James Wallace, Jacqui Munro and Mark Coure.
- ▪All four are from the dominant moderate faction.
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