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Asked about his own side, Mr Abbott said ''it would be a pretty unusual political party that didn't have a frank and candid internal conversation about how it could do better next time''. But it was nothing like the goings-on inside Labor, he said.
Despite receiving a 4.1 per cent swing in NSW on Saturday, the Coalition picked up just two Labor seats - Bennelong and Macquarie. There was disbelief it failed to win the marginal central coast seat of Robertson, which had been held by Belinda Neal before she was replaced by Deborah O'Neill, and was all but written off by the ALP.
Blame was sheeted towards the state Liberal Chris Hartcher for not doing enough to help.
Greenway and Lindsay are both in western Sydney, yet the Liberals did not preselect candidates until just days before the election was called.
In Greenway, Mr Abbott personally approached the popular Blacktown councillor Nick Tyrell to stand, but Mr Tyrell failed to receive the blessing of the hard-right powerbroker David Clarke.
Liberals believe that had Mr Tyrell stood, his profile would have secured the precious extra few votes needed.
Liberals in Parramatta were angry that a candidate was not preselected until the day after the election was called and the seat's resources were directed towards Bennelong.
Ron Delezio, who almost unseated Daryl Melham in the safe seat of Banks, complained the party underestimated his chances of winning and starved him of funds. |
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