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Ms McKay has previously vowed to hang on to the leadership, following the resignation of popular frontbencher Chris Minns, who is the transport spokesman.
The fall in Labor’s vote in the Upper Hunter by-election underscores the collapse of its support in key working class areas, after decades of implementing the dictates of the corporate elite.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has been warned to stop developing policies in 'inner city coffee shops' after the party lost the NSW Upper-Hunter by-election. Labor's first preference vote plunged from 29 per cent to 21 per cent in the Nationals-held marginal seat as blue-collar workers turned to other parties. Peter Jordan of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union, which represents miners in the region, blamed the loss on Labor failing to represent workers' interests and pandering to the inner-city elite who care more about climate change than regional jobs. Labor leade...
The art of politics as we know is spinning reality in such a way that perceptions become more influential than what is actually happening. So the weekend byelection in the rural/coal seat of Upper Hunter in New South Wales, which Labor has not held for 90 years, spells big trouble for Anthony Albanese and federal Labor. Not surprisingly this distortion is pushed for all its worth by Mr Albanese’s principal political opponent, Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison. However, it is not only Mr Morrison who says the “Labor brand” is in trouble with its hitherto blue-collar voting hear...
Upper Hunter byelection: Labor concedes to National party in crucial NSW vote Australian Associated Press Labor has conceded to the Nationals in the NSW Upper Hunter byelection. “Earlier this morning, I phoned David Layzell to congratulate him on his election as the next member for Upper Hunter,” ALP candidate Jeff Drayton said in statement. “Obviously, David and I don’t agree on many things but we both have the best interests of the Upper Hunter at heart. I wish David and his family all the best as he starts this new role.” The Nationals were on track to hold the se...