Updated August 21, 2026 — 4:50pm , first published 11:57am

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Federal Liberal president Tony Abbott has talked down rogue senator Alex Antic’s bid to take over the South Australian division and criticised a push by the senator’s faction to expel former foreign minister Alexander Downer.

In coming days, the party’s federal executive is expected to receive a formal request to step in and help the troubled South Australian division. Officials on the executive met on Friday to discuss the troubled branch among other topics.

The consensus was that…

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