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| A serving police officer who was once investigated and cleared by Queensland police over allegations he inappropriately used the service’s information system has won preselection in the safe Coalition seat of Wide Bay. | A serving police officer who was once investigated and cleared by Queensland police over allegations he inappropriately used the service’s information system has won preselection in the safe Coalition seat of Wide Bay. |
| The Liberal National party vice-president, Llew O’Brien, was endorsed as the candidate for the seat on Sunday, beating competition from the Fortescue Metals executive Tim Langmead and the chief executive of Tourism Noosa, Damien Massingham. | The Liberal National party vice-president, Llew O’Brien, was endorsed as the candidate for the seat on Sunday, beating competition from the Fortescue Metals executive Tim Langmead and the chief executive of Tourism Noosa, Damien Massingham. |
| The seat is held by the retiring Nationals party leader, Warren Truss, on a 13% margin. | The seat is held by the retiring Nationals party leader, Warren Truss, on a 13% margin. |
| Truss backed O’Brien for the job and on Sunday congratulated him via Facebook. | Truss backed O’Brien for the job and on Sunday congratulated him via Facebook. |
| “I have worked closely with Llew for many years and deeply appreciate his service to communities in Wide Bay and our party,” Truss wrote. “Llew O’Brien has the commitment and skills to provide strong and effective representation and I know he will be a safe pair of hands for our region.” | “I have worked closely with Llew for many years and deeply appreciate his service to communities in Wide Bay and our party,” Truss wrote. “Llew O’Brien has the commitment and skills to provide strong and effective representation and I know he will be a safe pair of hands for our region.” |
| O’Brien faced “managerial action” over allegations he “inappropriately accessed Queensland police service information pertaining to two Liberal National party preselection candidates for the seat of Nanango prior to the 2012 state election”. | O’Brien faced “managerial action” over allegations he “inappropriately accessed Queensland police service information pertaining to two Liberal National party preselection candidates for the seat of Nanango prior to the 2012 state election”. |
| A 10-month investigation was instigated after the sealed criminal record of a LNP MP, David Gibson, was released during a preselection battle. No adverse finding against O’Brien were noted on his police record after the completion of the investigation. | A 10-month investigation was instigated after the sealed criminal record of a LNP MP, David Gibson, was released during a preselection battle. No adverse finding against O’Brien were noted on his police record after the completion of the investigation. |
| Related: Tim Wilson wins Liberal party preselection for seat of Goldstein | Related: Tim Wilson wins Liberal party preselection for seat of Goldstein |
| A former minister under the Campbell Newman Queensland state government, John McVeigh, has won preselection for the federal seat of Groom, soon to be vacated by the retiring LNP MP Ian Macfarlane. | A former minister under the Campbell Newman Queensland state government, John McVeigh, has won preselection for the federal seat of Groom, soon to be vacated by the retiring LNP MP Ian Macfarlane. |
| Macfarlane holds the seat with a 16.5% margin. | Macfarlane holds the seat with a 16.5% margin. |
| McVeigh currently holds the Queensland state seat of Toowoomba South. | McVeigh currently holds the Queensland state seat of Toowoomba South. |
| The LNP state branch congratulated him on its Facebook page as “a great local family man who’ll work hard for Toowoomba and the Darling Downs”. | The LNP state branch congratulated him on its Facebook page as “a great local family man who’ll work hard for Toowoomba and the Darling Downs”. |
| McVeigh beat the controversial GP David van Gend, who heads up the anti-marriage equality group the Australian Marriage Forum, to be named as the candidate for Groom. | McVeigh beat the controversial GP David van Gend, who heads up the anti-marriage equality group the Australian Marriage Forum, to be named as the candidate for Groom. |
| In Tasmania, the preselection tussle for Senate spots has seen the tourism minister, Richard Colbeck, fall to fifth on the Liberal ticket. | In Tasmania, the preselection tussle for Senate spots has seen the tourism minister, Richard Colbeck, fall to fifth on the Liberal ticket. |
| The conservative powerbroker and former frontbencher Eric Abetz has secured the top spot, followed by president of the Senate, Stephen Parry. | The conservative powerbroker and former frontbencher Eric Abetz has secured the top spot, followed by president of the Senate, Stephen Parry. |
| On Sunday afternoon, Abetz praised the “strong team” for combining “experience with new talent”. | On Sunday afternoon, Abetz praised the “strong team” for combining “experience with new talent”. |
| Colbeck was the only Tasmanian senator or MP not to publicly back Tony Abbott in September’s bruising leadership spill in which Abbott lost his job to Malcolm Turnbull. | Colbeck was the only Tasmanian senator or MP not to publicly back Tony Abbott in September’s bruising leadership spill in which Abbott lost his job to Malcolm Turnbull. |