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Can Speakman survive his party’s killing season?

Alexandra Smith State Political Editor October 30, 2025 — 5.00am

There is one pressing question facing the lacklustre NSW opposition as we hurtle towards the year’s end. Can NSW Liberal leader Mark Speakman survive the killing season?

There is a one sitting fortnight left in 2025, and conventional thinking is that November will be the now-or-never month to change the party’s leader, either by a mortal blow or a more gentlemanly transition. But who pulls the trigger for either scenario?

Traditional wisdom says a leadership spill would be brought on by disgruntled MPs who fear for their jobs at the looming election. Yet it could well be the faceless men of the Liberal Party who bring Speakman do

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