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May 11^th, 2012 at 9:05am

A view of a party at war.

Did everyone see the Attack
Watch ABC24 in the next half hour for a repeat.

MICHAEL Kroger is standing by claims his former close mate Peter Costello attempted to strong-arm his way back into Parliament by demanding a plum Victorian seat, telling Liberals his version is ''100 per cent correct''.

In a growing rift in the Victorian Liberal Party, Mr Kroger is maintaining he met the former treasurer for lunch late last year at a Melbourne venue at which about 100 other people were present.

According to Mr Kroger's version, relayed to Liberals yesterday, the lunch, recorded in a diary entry, did not end well after Mr Costello demanded Mr Kroger persuade rising star Josh Frydenberg to stand aside from the safe seat of Kooyong, but refused to countenance asking his former staffer Kelly O'Dwyer to vacate his former seat of Higgins.

Peter Costello Photo: Paul Rovere
Mr Costello has strenuously denied reports he asked Mr Kroger to help him find a safe Victorian seat to allow him to stage a political comeback after bowing out following the Coalition's 2007 election loss, calling the claims ''lurid''.

Mr Costello publicly accused Mr Kroger of briefing the story because his former wife, Liberal senator Helen Kroger, had been demoted to the tenuous third position on the Liberal Senate ticket.

Other Victorian Liberals have also expressed scepticism, with one senior source saying the relationship between the former friends had been ''septic'' for about four years.

Michael Kroger
The falling-out is said to have been precipitated partly because Mr Costello wanted to install Ms O'Dwyer or former Victorian Liberals state director Julian Sheezel in his old seat of Higgins, while Mr Kroger believed former Liberal vice-president Jason Aldworth was a better candidate.

Mr Costello was also said to be bitter because Mr Kroger and other Liberals had become friendly with Malcolm Turnbull, who was seen as a rival to Mr Costello.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/kroger-stands-by-costello-seat-sear...

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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #1 - May 11^th, 2012 at 9:15am on now
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #2 - May 11^th, 2012 at 9:23am Now Abbott is implying Kroger is lying about Costello attacking Abbott behind Abbott's back. What A Joke The Liberal Party Is.
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #3 - May 11^th, 2012 at 9:26am If anyone should step aside for Costello, it should be Kelly O'Dwyer so Costello gets his old seat back. Be brilliant if Libs drag him back
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skippy. Gold Member Offline Posts: 20882 Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #4 - May 11^th, 2012 at 9:29am ____ wrote on May 11^th, 2012 at 9:26am: If anyone should step aside for Costello, it should be Kelly O'Dwyer so Costello gets his old seat back. Be brilliant if Libs drag him back Yep, then the Libs could have three factions, Abbott, Turnbull and Costello.
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Johnsmith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4716 Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #5 - May 11^th, 2012 at 9:42am another wannabe without the balls to do anything about it ... Costello will wait for Abbott to hand over the leadership
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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #6 - May 11^th, 2012 at 9:51am and which party is leading 59/41 in the polls and looking at a 80 seat majority??? Coalition! suck it up girls!
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #7 - May 11^th, 2012 at 9:55am Listen to the full audio here of the radio interview http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2012/05/11/3500510.htm?site=melbourne Costello "Abbott an Economic Illiterate"
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Kroger Reply #8 - May 11^th, 2012 at 10:01am OH MY GOD...... ITS WAR...W.A.R. WAR ON THE FRONTLINE IN THE LIBERALS... [ b]FANTASTIC NEWS.. IT WILL TAKE EVERYONES MINDS OFF THOMO AND SLIPPER....[/b] FAN BLOODY TASTIC..
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Kroger Reply #9 - May 11^th, 2012 at 10:03am GOT TO BE THE BIGGEST LAUGH WE HAVE HAD IN 5 YEARS WHAT A DISTRACTION >: WOO WOOOOOOO
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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #10 - May 11^th, 2012 at 10:05am because this minor argument is of any comparison to Thomson and Slipper??? yeah right... look at the media and the polls.
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Kroger Reply #11 - May 11^th, 2012 at 10:09am Minor ? Costello "Abbott is an Economic Illiterate" While Abbott wants Voters to Trust Him on a $70 Billion plus Economic Black Hole.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Kroger Reply #12 - May 11^th, 2012 at 10:11am ____ wrote on May 11^th, 2012 at 10:09am: Minor ? Costello "Abbott is an Economic Illiterate" While Abbott wants Voters to Trust Him on Economics. yeah thats why they got 12 years....and a surplus.. this lot 5 years and god only knows what hold your head up boy you are to blame for what we get stuck with.
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Reply #13 - May 11^th, 2012 at 10:14am

cods wrote on May 11^th, 2012 at 10:11am:

____ wrote on May 11^th, 2012 at 10:09am:

Minor ?

Costello "Abbott is an Economic Illiterate"

While Abbott wants Voters to Trust Him on Economics.

yeah thats why they got 12 years....and a surplus..

this lot 5 years and god only knows what

hold your head up boy you are to blame for what we get stuck with.

Abbott wasn't leading the economic team, so Abbott has nothing to do with the economics of that period. (Plus it was a mining boom and the cash was falling over the counter.)

We are talking of now :

Clive Palmer, Joe Hockey, Barnaby Joyce and Economic Illiterate Abbott.

What a scary economic team

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Reply #14 - Aug 24^th, 2012 at 5:25pm

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Abbott wasn't leading the economic team, so Abbott has nothing to do with the economics of that period. (Plus it was a mining boom and the cash was falling over the counter.)

We are talking of now :

Clive Palmer, Joe Hockey, Barnaby Joyce and Economic Illiterate Abbott.

What a scary economic team

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