A senior party source says Mundine ‘made it very difficult for himself’ in race to succeed retiring NSW senator Marise Payne
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But the hand of the front-runner, the former New South Wales transport minister Andrew Constance, was strengthened by Mundine’s comments on ABC’s Insiders on Sunday.Asked whether treaties were more likely if the referendum failed on 14 October, Mundine said: “Yeah. Because then, on 15 October, if it is a no vote, that’s when the real work starts.”
A senior Liberal told Guardian Australia on Monday that Mundine “made it very difficult for himself over the weekend” in the race to succeed Payne. Another Liberal source said “some people would be uncomfortable” with Mundine’s candidacy on the basis of the views he had expressed.
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