lol Yes he does have a resemblance
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/23/joel-fitzgibbon-blames-ideological-craziness-after-labor-blocks-carbon-capture-investmentAnd the Union mongels back him
Mining union backs Daniel Repacholi as Labor candidate in Hunter to replace Joel Fitzgibbon
Former miner and Olympian, who represented Australia in shooting in Tokyo, seen by CFMEU as able to protect seat from One Nation and Nationals
Daniel Repacholi, who competed in the men's 10m air pistol shooting at the 2020 Olympics in Japan, has been backed by the CFMEU to replace Labor’s Joel Fitzgibbon in the seat of Hunter.
The mining union has thrown its support behind the former Olympic shooter Daniel Repacholi to take over the seat of Hunter from outgoing Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining, Maritime and Energy Union has also warned Labor is at risk of losing the regional New South Wales seat at the next federal election in the wake of the outspoken Fitzgibbon’s departure.
Repacholi, a former miner at Rio Tinto’s Mount Thorley Warkworth coalmine and a competitive sports shooter who represented Australia in his fifth Olympics in Tokyo, has won the backing of Fitzgibbon, and has the institutional support of the CFMEU.
Peter Jordan, the president of the CFMEU’s mining and energy division in northern NSW, said the left-aligned union was backing Repacholi, but he was expecting a contest for the seat.
The Labor right is split, but is considering backing Emily Suvaal, who is linked with the nursing and midwifery union. The left is understood to have control of the branch numbers in Hunter in the event of a rank and file ballot and is considering backing Repacholi.
It is unclear which faction Repacholi is aligned with, but if he joined the left, the right faction in NSW would lose one of its numbers in parliament with Fitzgibbon’s departure.
Labor’s Cessnock branch president and former councillor, Morgan Campbell, and Jeff Drayton, the party’s candidate for the upper Hunter byelection, have also been named as potential candidates.
Jordan said the union wanted to see a pro-mining candidate in the seat who would continue Fitzgibbon’s advocacy for the sector.
“We have a good relationship with him and he is completely supportive of the industry, as you would expect, and the local mining communities, and he would be a great replacement for what Joel has been doing as a strong advocate,” Jordan told Guardian Australia.
“He doesn’t come with any baggage, he has a good profile and I think he has the potential to replace Joel and maintain the seat, because it is going to be very, very difficult.
“Based on the outcome of the last election you would have to say it is going to be a battle.”
