SA: Future of state Liberals to be decided today
Sat Jul 4 05:40:00 EST 2009
South Australia's Liberal Party hopes to end internal tension .. by deciding the future of embattled leader MARTIN HAMILTON-SMITH at a party meeting today.
Dissent over Mr HAMILTON-SMITH'S performance began several weeks ago .. when he presented to parliament documents accusing MIKE RANN'S Labor government .. of accepting illegal donations from a group with ties to the Church of Scientology.
The documents turned out to be forgeries .. and Mr HAMILTON-SMITH was forced to make a public apology.
So far only his current deputy .. VICKIE CHAPMAN .. has decided to stand against him for the top job.
