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Liberal Party names first female leader after historic Australia election loss (www.bbc.com)
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[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Worth noting is that she was for decades extremely pro-Palestine and had taken trips there paid for by the PA, but since winning the leadership yesterday has gone back on all of that over night. Even if a conservative has a soul, they sell it for power the second they can.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thats wild

[–] gradual@lemmings.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's politics.

Genuine people are the ones who usually get 1-2% of the vote.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

To be fair, her job is to represent her party's policies. Her own personal opinions don't need to match the party's policies in all cases.