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Debnam quits shadow ministry in protest of power sale

Heidi Tiltins

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12/05/2008 10:56:00 AM.

AUDIO: Peter Debnam speaks to LIVENEWS.com.au's Heidi Tiltins

Former Liberal Leader Peter Debnam is standing down from the shadow ministry, apparently in protest at the Opposition's support for the power-sale.

Mr Debnam has been serving as shadow energy and infrastructure minister since being rolled from the leadership by opposition leader Barry O’Farrell last year.

He’d been publicly opposing Premier Morris Iemma’s $10 billion power sale which Mr O’Farrell announced he’d back last Thursday after pressure from his party.

It’s believed Mr Debnam tendered his resignation to Mr O’Farrell this morning in protest of that decision.

But it’s understood he intends to stay in parliament as the member for Vaucluse.

Macquarie National News

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Thursday, 15 May 2008

My my, a Liberal standing up & taking action for what he believes in. Its nice to know that there is one decent Aussie to date on the power sale. We used to have men of this calibre running unions. Now we have pathetic loudmouth fools only looking out for themselves. It was only because of Rudd who swayed the election, otherwise Howard would have put in the final nail in the union coffin.Unions today have about as much fight as a dead wombat.

Posted by: Alex Uren, Luddenham

Monday, 12 May 2008

O'Farrell you gutless wonder!

Posted by: Red Square ****, Sydney

Monday, 12 May 2008

Is this the same Heidi that worked as the newsreader on Stan Zamaneks show?

Posted by: George Knowles, Cronulla

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