The Hunter Valley MP has again attacked his own party over its position on energy policy.
The likes of Joel Fitzgibbon will tell voters that coal can have a bright future. It can’t,but the people who’ve relied on it can.
Labor campaigners are calling for an urgent change in the party’s direction to address household concerns about costs and wages in a bid to win blue collar votes.
There are few encouraging signs for federal Labor,but the Opposition Leader sticks with his usual low-risk approach.
It was empirical proof that abandoning leadership on climate change is a dead end in regional seats.
While some downplay the NSW byelection loss,the reaction to the result plays into a real divide inside the party over how to take on Scott Morrison.
A former NSW Labor minister and general-secretary finds lessons for the party in the Upper Hunter byelection loss.
A fresh internal stoush over the ALP’s climate and energy policies is poised to erupt on the federal stage after the party struggled to a 20 per cent primary vote in the NSW’s electorate of Upper Hunter,behind the victorious Nationals.
While Labor is yet to formally endorse a candidate,senior sources have indicated former Muswellbrook deputy mayor,coal miner and CFMEU Mining and Energy official Jeff Drayton is emerging as a contender for the byelection.
Federal Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon says the NSW opposition must stick to a script of strongly supporting the coal mining industry if it is to win the Upper Hunter byelection.
The outspoken Labor backbencher will use an event to mark the 25th anniversary of John Howard’s first election win as leader to urge his party to learn from Australia’s second-longest-serving prime minister and broaden its electoral appeal.