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Liberals have plenty of theories about who is pulling the strings in a ruthless powerplay that threatens at least two of Scott Morrison’s ministers and might even cost him some federal MPs. Every faction is blaming the other for starting an argument that hurts the Prime Minister’s plan to select the Liberal candidates he needs to win the next election.
But when Liberals look up to identify the puppet master with the strings in his hands, many of them see one of Morrison’s best mates – Alex Hawke, the faction leader with a talent for numbers like few others in Parliament.