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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Katharine Murphy and Paul Karp

Peter Dutton says Bridget Archer ‘an important part of our team’ after claim Liberals could dump her

Liberal moderate Bridget Archer in parliament
‘Certain forces’ are contemplating a ‘politically crazy’ move to dump outspoken Liberal moderate Bridget Archer, a former party strategist says. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Peter Dutton has declared the outspoken Liberal moderate Bridget Archer is “an important part of our team” in response to a suggestion from a veteran party insider that the Liberal party could dump her ahead of the next federal election.

The federal opposition leader told journalists on Wednesday that Archer worked hard and represented the views of her constituents in the marginal electorate of Bass in Tasmania.

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