Premier calls on party to be 'equal to the moment' in selecting replacement for Jenny Mikakos but risks backlash from his traditional Socialist Left powerbase.
Premier Daniel Andrews has publicly intervened in the contest to fill the seat in State Parliament left vacant by the resignation last week of Health Minister Jenny Mikakos.
Prue Stewart with Kutcha Edwards in March after the government announced a redress scheme for Victoria's stolen generations.With internal party democracy still suspended in the wake of the Adem Somyurek branch-stacking scandal, the new MP will be chosen through a recommendation from the Premier to Labor's National Executive with the faction expecting Mr Andrews to respect the result of Sunday's ballot.
The party’s Victorian president Susie Biers, who had also been expected to enter the contest, ruled out her candidacy on Thursday and urged her colleagues to support a First Nations woman for the vacancy.
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