Future Liberal leader or party disruptor? Andrew Hastie and the rise of the ‘MAGA right’
WA MP offers a divisive brand of politics that shuns net zero and migration and is anchored in flag-waving patriotism, faith and family
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On the Sunday before he was overthrown as prime minister in September 2015, Tony Abbott sweated through a gym workout with his candidate in the upcoming Canning byelection, Andrew Hastie.
Hastie, who went on to win the seat on the southern outskirts of Perth despite the political chaos of the days preceding it, took the opportunity to ask for Abbott’s advice on leadership.
