South Australian slot goes to candidate backed by factional powerbroker Alex Antic as moderates lose more ground in Canberra
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The right wing of the Liberal party has gained another number in Canberra at the expense of the party’s waning moderate faction after an Alex Antic-backed candidate won the race to replace Simon Birmingham.
Leah Blyth, the president of the South Australian Liberal party, will fill Brimingham’s old Senate seat after winning a ballot of party members in Adelaide on Friday night.
