Labor Gives Lawyer Second Shot at Winning Safe Seat

Published on October 5, 2024

A local candidate previously dumped so a senior minister could be parachuted in has been brought back in a Labor bid to regain a former safe seat. Labor has pre-selected lawyer Tu Le to contest the seat of Fowler in Sydney’s southwest at the federal election. Le was a favourite within the party to run for the seat at the 2022 election, but was moved aside in order for former New South Wales (NSW) premier Kristina Keneally to be the candidate. The move sparked backlash given Keneally was from Sydney’s Northern Beaches and not from the electorate. As a result, Labor suffered a more than 15 percent swing against it and lost the seat to independent candidate Dai Le....

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