Josh Frydenberg has poured cold water on the idea he will recontest Kooyong for the Liberals this election, after major blowback over a proposal to oust the existing candidate.
On Monday senior Liberals were split on the proposal, which the shadow finance minister, Jane Hume, denounced as a “crazy” idea but the former home affairs minister, Karen Andrews, backed as necessary to attract an “absolute asset” back into parliament.
