While we remain in suspense as to the timing of the federal by-elections, which appear likely to be held on either June 30 or July 7, we at least have a date for the Darling Range state by-election in Western Australia, for which a date of June 23 was confirmed on Friday. The major party candidates are now in place, with Labor last night endorsing Colleen Yates, former chief executive of Regional Development Australia Perth. The Liberal candidate is Alyssa Hayden, who held a Legislative Council seat in East Metropolitan region from 2008 to 2017, when she unexpectedly lost her seat to One Nation. Hayden reportedly had a narrow victory in the local preselection over Rob Coales, police sergeant and Serpentine-Jarrahdale councillor. Her backers included Christian Porter and Ken Wyatt, while Coales had the support of Tony Simpson, who held the seat for the Liberals until his defeat by outgoing Labor member Barry Urban last year. Nathan Hondros of Fairfax reports the party’s state council may have insisted on Hayden even if she lost the vote. The Poll Bludger’s guide to the by-election may be viewed here.
FMD
This by-election is being called due to the Labor member being caught out telling porkies about his qualifications and military service record. The replacement for Labor has similarly been caught out “sexing up” (read lying) about her qualifications.
Do these people think that no-one will actually check whether or not they’re telling the truth?
https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/labor-candidate-s-linkedin-claims-unravel-as-fresh-doubts-emerge-20180524-p4zh4x.html
ALP’s Rolled Gold Vetting at its’ finest, again.
I wonder if the WA Public Service will now investigate if they were misled?
And . . . . . . . . she’s gone
Shambles