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Article: Fed: Murray's future hinges on Democrats phone hook-up
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- August 7, 2002
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Fed: Murray's future hinges on Democrats phone hook-up
CANBERRA, Aug 7 AAP - The future of self-exiled WA Senator Andrew
Murray hinges on
the outcome of a phone hookup of his Australian Democrats colleagues
today.
The six Democrats will consider Senator Murray's future ahead of
any potential future
action against him by the party machine.
Senator Murray responded late yesterday to a party ultimatum to
either return to his
frontbench role or leave the party.
More than a week ago, Senator Murray said he wanted to sit on the
backbench as a Democrat-in-exile,
as he could no longer work with leader Natasha Stott Despoja.
Senator Murray was yesterday refusing ...