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by Sam Clench

23 Jan 09:45am

Filed under: Indigenous Affairs, Julia Gillard, Nova Peris, Warren Mundine

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It really is difficult to keep track of Julia Gillard’s shifting priorities.

The PM wasn't so enthusiastic about this guy's candidacy. Photo: Dan Himbrechts

As she stood before the media in the Prime Minister’s courtyard yesterday, Gillard could only provide one justification for her decision to meddle in Labor’s preselection process and effectively end the 15-year parliamentary career of Trish Crossin by fiat.

She was “troubled” by her party’s historical failure to send a single indigenous representative to Canberra, and Nova Peris would help right that wrong.

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Christian Real says:

06:57pm | 23/01/13

Nihoonin Oh, I forgot to add I don’t and never have worked in ALP Head Quarters, I work in Private Enterprise. I believe in grass roots campaigning,that is getting out there and talking to,listening to the working class people regardless of their race or nationality. Read more »
Jay2 says:

06:53pm | 23/01/13

“Liberal staffers of the blogosphere”, even members of the ALP are ticked about this one. You don’t have to be a ‘Liberal” to say the latest from Gillard seems to be born out of desperation, so it would be not unrealistic to suggest the only people who are worried is… Read more »

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