AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2001
WA: Liberal MPs shocked at backroom leadership deal
PERTH, Feb 21 AAP - Liberal MPs arriving for a meeting at Western Australia's parliament
house today said they were "shocked" at hearing of a reported backroom deal to offer the
state party leadership to a federal MP.
Liberal parliamentarians expected deputy leader Colin Barnett to challenge leader Richard
Court at the meeting.
But many of them discovered via today's news that a very different proposition would
be put to them as a result of a secret deal.
Richard Court would propose standing down as leader to allow federal MP Julie …
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