Sharma picked for ex-foreign minister’s Senate seat
NSW Liberal Party members have selected Dave Sharma to take Marise Payne's Senate seat, pipping favourite Andrew Constance and overlooking former ACT senator Zed Seselja.
Zed Seselja
Zed ain't dead. Can that be right? It's all in this week's zombie world of KEEPING UP THE ACT.
"The churlish Seselja should have read the writing on the wall on election night and conceded to Pocock. Instead, he remained steadfast until the final declaration by the Australian Electoral Commission," writes columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Vanquished senator Zed Seselja has congratulated his political rivals Katy Gallagher and his successor in the second ACT Senate seat David Pocock on their election.
News
Pocock declared elected in ACT Senate race
Former Wallaby and independent David Pocock has defeated Liberal Zed Seselja in taking the ACT’s second seat in the Senate.
Opinion
How our cruel politicians rule the roost
“Nothing will stop the ACT Greens and Labor in government from doing what they believe they are entitled to do. They carry on as if they were untouchable,” writes “Canberra Matters” columnist PAUL COSTIGAN. .
Politics
Why Seselja and the conservatives need to go
"It is simply not possible to turn the Canberra Liberals around with leadership from the current Zed Seselja-dominated faction and management committee," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Former Wallabies captain David Pocock looks set to make history and become the first ACT senator from a minor party
AS the election campaign nears the home stretch, ACT Liberal senator Zed Seselja has promised the Coalition will spend $200,000 for a much-needed upgrade at Tuggeranong's Southern Cross Stadium, if re-elected.
Here's how political dirty tricks can backfire...
ACT Senator Zed Seselja says if re-elected a Coalition government would dedicate $30 million to intersection upgrades in Gungahlin.
"In Canberra, the threat of independents David Pocock and Kim Rubenstein has finally put the complacent Zed Seselja on his toes," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
"There’s a growing certainty that Seselja is going to have trouble holding his Senate job. Given the panic in his messages to members it seems that Team Zed knows that maybe time is up for him this time," says columnist PAUL COSTIGAN
ACT Liberal senator Zed Seselja says a re-elected Morrison government would release a large portion of CSIRO land in Ginninderra to provide more affordable housing for Canberra.
Liberal Senator Zed Seselja has announced a re-elected Morrison Government would provide $15 million for the redevelopment of Viking Park.
ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr says the federal government has “ignored Canberra again” in this year’s Budget.
ACT voters are about to select three lower house and two Senate politicians to represent this territory’s interests nationally. PAUL COSTIGAN makes a call of the card.
THE Canberra Hospital Intensive Care Unit now has an additional eight beds, following completion of a $13.5 million expansion.
Join Zed Seselja as he roams the Canberra badlands, ever vigilant for open-minded thinking...
