The Liberal party’s grand plan to storm the northern beaches in this year’s local government elections is now now in tatters.
The catastrophic administrative bungle that has plunged the NSW Liberals into chaos will have long-lasting impacts for a party that needs to regroup after a state election loss and win two looming byelections. It will also cause huge reputational damage ahead of the federal election.
The Liberals had grand plans to seize control of the council. Instead, it will have zero representation in the area at the same time as it wants to reclaim federal seats that it had lost to teal candidates in the last federal election. Sophie Scamps, in Mackellar, is one of those teals in their sights.
Penrith Council, for example, is in the Liberal-held seat of Lindsay which is on a 6.4 per cent margin. In one Penrith ward, the failure for the Liberals to nominate for the council elections means five Labor councillors are automatically elected because there were no other candidates.All eyes, of course, are not just on council and federal elections.
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