Political Activities
Yusuf was involved in campus politics prior to joining the Liberal Party in 1993 where he became prominent in its conservative faction. In 2005 Yusuf explained "from 1994 to 2002, I was a factional warrior for the non-Group (right-wing) faction of the NSW Liberals." He was elected to the State Council of the NSW division of the Party from 1996-2000. He writes he was ordered by factional bosses such as Tony Abbott to oppose the preselection of Brendan Nelson because he was not considered sufficiently conservative. In 1999, he ran with other members of the Liberal Party for the Bankstown council as part of a group called "New Generation", he was unsuccessful. He was also endorsed as Liberal candidate for the safe Labor seat of Reid in the 2001 Australian Federal Election. He achieved a two-party preferred swing of over 5%.
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