Rogue Labor senator Fatima Payman is being advised by the controversial election strategist Glenn Druery.
Renegade Labor senator Fatima Payman is on the brink of leaving the party, taking advice on next steps from controversial election strategist Glenn Druery, a political operative known as “the preference whisperer” for his success in securing seats for upper house independents and minor party candidates.
Senior minister Bill Shorten extended an olive branch to Payman on Tuesday morning, telling ABC radio she could still contribute to Labor if her dispute with the party was settled, and she just needed time “on the bench”. Labor rules bind caucus members to the party’s collective decisions, and MPs who vote against those risk being thrown out.Druery has risen to prominence over the last decade for successfully stitching together complex preference deals at state and federal levels to elect minor-party and independent candidates to upper houses.He confirmed to this masthead that he is informally advising both Payman and the coalition of Muslim groups, but declined to comment.
The coalition of Muslim groups talking to Druery plan to use the high-profile dispute over war in Gaza to harness support for a “teal-style” strategy to eject Labor MPs from seats with large Muslim populations.
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