Ms Keneally will forgo he bijou bolthole on St Huberts Island and head for the paradise of life in Canley Vale so that she can live cheek by jowl with beautiful ALP voters. Ms Keneally admitted she had to camp o/nite in front of the pictured house in order to be one of the first people to make an offer on the house.
Former premier and now Labor candidate for the south-west Sydney seat of Fowler Kristina Keneally has responded to fury over her preselection campaign.
Critics have noted the northern beaches resident is being parachuted into the electorate due to conflict on Labor’s Senate ticket, ousting local candidate Tu Le in the process.
In a radio exclusive interview with Joe Hildebrand on Afternoons, Ms Keneally said the storm is “one I’ve really kind of welcomed”.
“I do think it’s fair to ask ‘how do we ensure that our parliaments represent the community?’“I don’t shirk from that.
“But I’d also just make the point that I made a deliberate decision here to seek to represent Fowler … it’s a community that really has been doing it tough for a number of years.”
Of her move to the constituency from her northern beaches home, Ms Keneally made the “clear commitment” to living in Fowler before the election and staying there even if she loses.
