The party strikes a deal for gender parity on their upper house ticket ahead of next year's state election, just days after a first attempt was struck down in a blow to Premier Dominic Perrottet.
abc.net.au/news/nsw-vote-2023-liberals-agree-gender-parity-upper-house-ticket/101811470The New South Wales Liberals have avoided a messy upper house preselection ahead of the state election after securing an agreement for the ticket.
This second deal, which has been approved by the party's state executive, also has three women running as candidates — Families and Communities Minister Natasha Maclaren-Jones, her political staffer Rachel Merton and Sue Carter, a member of the party's executive.Ms Merton is a new addition to the ticket, replacing Jean Haynes who bowed out at the end of last week.There are still no women from that faction.
This second deal does not address those issues, but settles the matter by avoiding a contested preselection just two months out from the state election. Ms Maclaren-Jones still has four years left of her current upper house term, so this deal ensures she gets another eight years. Her vacancy is set to be filled by Scott Farlow, who is a current upper house MP and lost out under the new ticket agreement.Upper House President Matthew Mason-Cox, Lou Amato and Shayne Mallard also lost out in the deal.
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