Former Senate leader Eric Abetz is rallying against a Liberal Party plan to preference the Greens in key seats at the federal election.
Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek. 00:00 00:00 AUDIO: Listen to Michael Brissenden's interview with Eric Abetz (AM) The conservative Liberal senator has written to party president Richard Alston and the federal executive opposing any plan to preference the Greens.
"The way that you allocate preferences says a lot about what you, as a party, stand for and what matters to you," Senator Abetz told the ABC's AM program.
"It's this sort of transactional allocation of preferences that has brought the crossbench into such disrepute."
Senator Abetz said there would be backlash from the party's conservative members if it preferenced Greens candidates, particularly in regional areas...... Read More
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