Conservatives weren't happy with the makeup of a new NSW Liberal takeover committee — and couldn't manage to get support for their preferred candidate, Tony Abbott.

The beleaguered NSW Liberal state committee has been purged, with ex-Victorian Senator Richard Alston and former Victorian ...

a group that focuses on issues like housing and transit and has aligned with San Francisco moderates, said it would take time to build a rival operation. But, he argued, it is coming to the East Bay.