Scott Morrison’s and Angus Taylor’s furious reactions to the Brookfield/Mike Cannon-Brookes attempted takeover of AGL and their threats to use regulatory mechanisms to block it will open a new front in the war of independents against so-called Liberal moderates in metropolitan seats.
Self-described moderates like Dave Sharma, Jason Falinski, Trent Zimmerman, Tim Wilson — who is a spear carrier for Taylor in the energy portfolio — and whoever the NSW Liberals eventually find to stand against Zali Steggall in North Sydney, will face a simple question in the coming election campaign: do they back the efforts of Morrison,
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