Prime minister denies move against Liberal state branch was anti-democratic saying he was motivated by desire to get the ‘best candidates in the field’
When it was pointed out to Morrison that his preferred candidates in his home state were demonstrably not all women, the prime minister said defending female candidates had been his primary motivation “and people know that”.
“Great women? What bilge water! This is his code for ‘I want groupthink’! Morrison is simply using the ‘gender card’ to conflate captain’s picks to trash democratic processes in NSW,” she told 7.30 in a statement.over her anger about flood relief, had lambasted the prime minister earlier on Tuesday.
Trent Zimmerman was confirmed as the Liberal candidate for North Sydney where he is facing a challenge from independent Kylea Tink and from Labor candidate Catherine Renshaw.
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