Move to install Accenture executive as Parramatta candidate would be second time in a year ALP has overridden local branch members in the region
seat and installing a person from an Anglo-Celtic background over candidates from non-English speaking backgrounds., in Sydney’s wouth-west, over a local lawyer of Vietnamese background caused consternation in the party last year.$16m mansion in Victoria Road, Bellevue HillAn intervention would also inflame tensions within the ALP factions, as Parramatta has been held since 2004 by Julia Owens, a member of the so-called “Ferguson” or soft-left subfaction, controlled by the Ferguson family.
The soft left had proposed that lawyer and a former candidate for the state seat for Seven Hills, Durga Owen, a member of the Tamil community, take the seat. Alan Mascarenhas, who is vice-president of the Parramatta branch and a former state candidate for Epping, is also said to be interested in running. “I have been approached by branch members to stand as a consensus candidate,” he said.Both Keneally and Charlton are regarded as talented political operatives, with long service to the ALP.
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