Politics, elections and piffle plinking

Could get messy

August 16, 2009 – 10:40 am, by Possum Comitatus

From News Ltd today on the next Labor candidate for Wentworth:

FORMER high-profile AMA president Kerryn Phelps has emerged as Labor’s favoured star candidate to defeat Malcolm Turnbull in his now marginal seat of Wentworth at the next election.

A resolution passed by the ALP Wentworth Federal Electorate Council this month stating:

THAT Wentworth FEC calls upon the NSW ALP and/or the ALP National Executive to hold a rank and file preselection for the seat of Wentworth as soon as possible, and that the Wentworth FEC Executive be authorised to notify the community that this is our position.

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5 Comments

  1. 1
    Grog
    Posted August 16, 2009 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

    A resolution passed by the ALP Wentworth Federal Electorate Council this month stating:

    THAT Wentworth FEC calls upon the NSW ALP and/or the ALP National Executive to hold a rank and file preselection for the seat of Wentworth as soon as possible, and that the Wentworth FEC Executive be authorised to notify the community that this is our position.

    And then Rudd said “no”.

  2. 2
    ruawake
    Posted August 16, 2009 at 7:15 pm | Permalink

    Messy for Turnbull or Roxon?

  3. 3
    David Richards
    Posted August 16, 2009 at 9:19 pm | Permalink

    I think Kerryn Phelps as Health Minister overseeing Ruddles’ takeover of hospitals sounds good to me.

  4. 4
    Evan Beaver
    Posted August 17, 2009 at 8:10 am | Permalink

    I’ve had some dealings with Phelps over the years, and, ahhhh, don’t have a terrific opinion of her management skills.

    This appears to me the classic choice between a ‘giant douche and a turd sandwich’.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douche_and_Turd

  5. 5
    Labor Wentworth members want to choose the Wentworth candidate for the next federal election « Sachi’s hyperbolic space
    Posted August 21, 2009 at 9:55 pm | Permalink

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