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South Australian Liberal president Leah Blyth has warned party colleagues they are on track to win zero federal seats in South Australia. The warning came three months ago amid an increasingly tense fight for Senate preselection, with some supporters of Senator Alex Antic rallying to demote the Leah Blyth to an unwinnable position.

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00:02Three South Australian Liberal Senators are up for re-election at the next federal poll.
00:06But their order on the ticket could determine if they make it back to Canberra.
00:10Conservative Leah Blythe is one of them.
00:12In May, she was warning colleagues the party was on track to win zero South Australian seats and maybe just
00:17one Senate spot.
00:18Well, I've got to say I was surprised to hear those comments.
00:21I think they were private communications between Leah and party members.
00:25I don't really focus too much about what might happen in two years' time.
00:28Rebel right-wing Senator Alex Antic once endorsed Leah Blythe for a Senate seat.
00:33Now moderate and conservative sources say his supporters want to demote her to an unwinnable spot, claiming she's betrayed conservative
00:39causes.
00:40The Liberal batting order will be decided by the party's 200 elected delegates on State Council, where Antic has a
00:46considerable power base.
00:48Out of the last five years, it's been well reported that I've been unashamedly out trying to get people to
00:52join up and get involved.
00:53Alex Antic is also running to replace Leah Blythe as the Liberal Party State President, a position roughly equivalent to
00:59chair of a company board.
01:01The prospect of a One Nation friendly vaccine sceptic winning the post has bitterly divided the party, leading some to
01:08discuss federal intervention to protect the South Australian division.
01:12Neither Mr Antic or Ms Blythe would comment, but Alex Antic has previously outlined his strategy on right-wing podcasts.
01:18On the other side of the political spectrum, Greens Senator Barbara Pocock has announced she will leave politics the next
01:23federal election, after her partner was diagnosed with brain cancer.
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