NSW Liberals ask supreme court to throw out part of former ministerial staffer’s case

Natalie Baini says evidence was arising in both her court actions suggesting a former minister had sworn false documents and it had been concealed by a party director

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The Liberal party has asked the NSW supreme court to throw out a statement of claim from a former ministerial staffer.

Natalie Baini took the Liberal party’s NSW division to court in December, alleging she was blocked from being preselected to contest the inner-west Sydney seat of Reid at the 2019 election. She ran as an independent in 2022 but was unsuccessful in securing the seat, which fell to Labor’s Sally Sitou.

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