Jodi McKay has resigned as NSW Labor leader,saying it is the only way she believes the party can be reunited,paving the way for another leadership ballot between Chris Minns and Michael Daley.
The party has spent a week tearing itself apart with leader Jodi McKay quitting the top job on Friday. And it may not be over yet.
NSW Labor MPs,including supporters of embattled leader Jodi McKay,say they are furious the party is wasting scarce research resources compiling “dirt sheets” on their own rather than targeting the government.
NSW Labor is on the ropes. It may need a new contender to lead it to the next election.
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay will bring former leader Michael Daley back to the frontbench to shore up her position as her rival Chris Minns canvasses support for a tilt at the top job.
Today on Please Explain,state political editor Alexandra Smith joins Tory Maguire to discuss the existential crisis the Australian Labor Party appears to be facing.
NSW Labor’s transport spokesman Chris Minns is the second frontbencher to quit in 24 hours.
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay is digging in as an internal war breaks out in the parliamentary party.
NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay insisted she was still the only MP with majority support. However,within an hour of Ms McKay’s press conference,Treasury spokesman Walt Secord quit her frontbench.
Simmering tensions between rival Labor factions boiled over amid a looming leadership challenge to Jodi McKay.
Party and union figures close to the negotiations say there is a desire for a smooth transition to a new leader,which would start with Jodi McKay stepping aside.