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Nick McBride has been Liberal MP for the seat of MacKillop since 2018.
He warned the party during the last term had "ostracised" a tranche of Liberals, businesses and associations like the Master Builders, Hotels and Motor Trades.During the same talk, Mr McBride said unless the Labor government "does something stupid" they will be in for another 16 years and he did not know what that would mean for his future.
"The Malinauskas government rolled out more to the Limestone Coast and the community of MacKillop than even my own premier did in many of the budget years that we went through in government."When asked on ABC South East on Friday if he had any intention of leaving the Liberal Party and running as an independent, Mr McBride said, "No, I'd prefer not to", and he had "every endeavour to try and stay and work with the Liberal Party throughout this term".
He also conceded if he knew the talk was being recorded, he "probably" would have filtered what he said "a little better" than what he did. "So I think they have changed, I think they are recognising some of the mistakes that were made but I think they've only scratched the surface," Mr McBride said. "Nick and I speak regularly, we've never had a cross word and I think he'll be a very significant part of my team for a long time to come."
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