Mike is joined by Terry Barnes, columnist, political and policy consultant & former Howard government adviser, for his views of why NSW Liberal Senator Hollie Hughes lost preselection battle to conservative candidate Jessica Collins, losing her winnable spot on the party’s Senate ticket for the next election.

Hughes, a center-right member, recently appointed as the Coalition’s assistant shadow minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and mental health, joined the Senate in 2019 after multiple preselection attempts.

The preselection result in Sydney favors Liberal assistant housing spokesman Andrew Bragg, aligned with the party’s moderate faction, securing the top spot on the NSW Senate ticket.

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