Monday, October 31

Newman Rejects More LNP Defections Ahead




Liberal National Party (LNP) leader Campbell Newman says talk more MPs will defect to Bob Katter's Australian Party (KAP) is just bravado.

The Queensland leader of Katter's party, Aidan McLindon, says there could be more defections from the LNP.

Shane Knuth, the Member for Dalrymple in far north Queensland, says he defected because he can no longer represent his electorate under his old mud-flinging, Liberal-led LNP.
But Mr Newman says he doubts that any more members of his team will follow Mr Knuth to the new party.

"Mr Knuth has been subjected to a fair bit of pressure from Mr Katter - that's fairly clear," Mr Newman said.

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