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New South Wales January to June 2015 DAVID CLUNE University of Sydney The Election The Opposition entered the campaign for the 28 March election with a new Leader. On 5 January, Luke Foley was elected unopposed to replace John Robertson, who had announced his intention to resign in December 2014. Foleyâs main rival, Shadow Treasurer Michael Daley, withdrew before the ballot. Foley was a member of the Legislative Council and a left-winger. New South Wales Party Secretary, Jamie Clements, threw his support behind him, which locked in the right. The problem of finding an Assembly seat was solved when the MP for Auburn, the electorate next to where Foley lives, decided not to recontest, allowing him to be endorsed as the Labor candidate. The leftâs Linda Burney remained Deputy Leader. Before becoming an MLC in 2010, Foley had been a union official and New South Wales ALP Assistant Secretary. Moderate in his views and a committed Catholic, he was described as âintelligent, hard-working, inclusive and an independent thinkerâ (Sydney Morning Herald, 5, 6 January 2015). Antony Green summed up the pre-election state of play: Discounting resignations and taking account of the [2013] redistribution, the starting point for the
Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley
Published: Dec 1, 2015
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