Catherine Cusack

NSW upper house member Catherine Cusack claims prime minister has ruined the Liberal party and says she will not vote for re-election of Coalition ...

“It is outrageous, absolutely outrageous,” the prime minister said. “The climate change fight has divided and just exhausted many of us in the NSW Liberals. Cusack warned Morrison that “punishing our flood victims” or the NSW government for her decision to speak up is “another chapter in the disgrace of the prime minister’s approach to this flood catastrophe”. Morrison has denied the allegations made by Towke and several Liberal preselectors, that he had warned after the Cronulla riots a Lebanese Australian could not hold Cook, and discussed a false rumour Towke was a Muslim. These are “completely untrue”, he said on Sunday. Cusack accused Morrison of having “ruined” the Liberal party and said he had “trashed” its values over two decades, as state director, “then as a scheming MP and now as prime minister finding loopholes in our constitution to delay preselections in order to get his way”. She said: “Scott Morrison’s brazen attempt to fund flood victims in a National party seat and exclude flood victims in a Labor seat that I happen to live in was just too much …

NSW Liberal MP Catherine Cusack has described the Prime Minister Scott Morrison as a “self-serving bully” who is clueless about women, has denied flood ...

“I’m the only Liberal Party member in the Northern Rivers region. “I am not saying Scott is the only person who did that. “And they have found loopholes in the Constitution to block that from occurring. “I haven’t spoken to him for years. “I mean when Connie says the party has been ruined she’s absolutely correct. They’ve been trying to set timetables, we’d have candidates waiting since to start that process and go through the timetable. “People keep saying factional infighting has prevented the preselections. “Everybody is fed up with this, by the way. “It’s all about power and control, obviously. It’s quite obvious to me why his model of power isn’t working for women.” “Problem women. “He’s blaming us, for him having some bad media or something.

MORNING BRIEFING: The NSW Court of Criminal Appeal is preparing to deliver judgement in the internal Liberal Party fight over the selection of candidates ...

The inquiry has already prompted the resignation of Star chief executive Matt Bekier and sparked calls for a similar inquiry into Star's two Queensland casinos. The challenge was brought on by a Liberal state executive member, who is seeking to overturn the federal party's demands for the preselection of the Immigration Minister, Alex Hawke, the Environment Minister, Sussan Ley, and North Sydney MP, Trent Zimmerman. A judgement will be handed down today by the NSW Court of Appeal in the internal Liberal pre-selection battle between the NSW and federal parties.

Another long-serving MP has launched a scathing attack on Scott Morrison, accusing him of being a “self-serving bully” who has destroyed the Liberal Party.

And he appears to think that’s completely unacceptable.” I don’t necessarily agree with everything she’s done in politics, but I would endorse her assessment of Scott Morrison. That completely accords with my experience of him,” she said. “I mean, we have our own opinions. “Connie and I aren’t in the same thought group. She remains a member of the upper house until her preselection is resolved. On Monday, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced $20,000 grants to help flood victims rebuilding their homes after two major flood events in six weeks.

Scott Morrison is again facing accusations of bullying and politicising the NSW floods from within his own party as Labor sharpens its focus on his ...

There'll always be opinions of public figures. "There'll always be opinions of politicians. The upper house member also accused Mr Morrison of failing to engage with the NSW government on assessing and approving payments and co-funding a recent disaster package. Mr Bowen also took aim at the prime minister as figures from within the Liberal Party continue to target Mr Morrison's character. Ms Cusack says Mr Morrison is using his role as prime minister to bully the NSW government and flood victims because he is not getting his way. Another Liberal MP has called out the prime minister's character, saying she cannot vote for a "a ruthless self-serving bully" and no longer recognises the party she joined.

Outgoing NSW Liberal Catherine Cusack has joined a growing chorus of female politicians who have accused Scott Morrison of bullying.

She also criticised the compliance of other federal Liberal politicians under Morrison, labelling them “compliant tools”. In her opinion piece, Cusack wrote that Morrison has “trashed” the Liberal party over a period of two decades. The list of current or former politicians who have now issued damning character assessments of Morrison is long.