The Macarthur Chronicle has reported today that Member for Werriwa Chris Hayes has been offered a deal in which he would move to the neighbouring seat of Fowler in exchange for giving up his seat of Werriwa to a member of the Left.
Hayes has held the safe seat of Werriwa in south-western Sydney since a 2005 by-election. He was originally offered the ultra-marginal seat of Macarthur, which lies to the south of Werriwa. Instead, the seat of Fowler is very safe for the ALP and covers the centre of Liverpool, to the north of Werriwa.
It is unclear how this may be resolved, but it wouldn’t be surprising if Hayes accepted the offer of a similarly safe seat in order to resolve factional tensions. Reports today have suggested that the plan to parachute long-serving MP Laurie Ferguson into the seat of Werriwa after his seat of Reid was effectively abolished in the redistribution.
I hope Laurie’s got more of a brain in his head than Marn.
So why not parachute Ferguson into Fowler then and let Hayes stay where he is? Guess that would be too simple.
The funny thing is that while the branch numbers are very close in Werriwa though probably still in the Left’s favour, the Left has an overwhelming majority in Fowler.
Couldn’t find your Sydney Councils post Ben, but the Business Council (naturally) agree with you.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/11/18/2745885.htm
I think you’re looking for this one.
Although I suggested about 20 councils, a lot more than the Business Council suggests.
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