Pittwater putsch: Will the
Liberals suffer a significant backlash in John Brogden’s old seat of
Pittwater? Mayor Alex McTaggart yesterday announced he would stand as
an independent candidate in the upcoming by-election, the Manly Daily
reports today. McTaggart seems to be stressing the power of
independents over oppositions to force governments to deliver. “Cr
McTaggart also revealed he expected to meet Premier Morris Iemma within
days to discuss Mona Vale Hospital and also meet Roads Minister Joe
Tripodi,” according to the Daily.
Christian Kerr’s political snippets
Pittwater putsch: Will the Liberals suffer a significant backlash in John Brogden’s old seat of Pittwater? Mayor Alex McTaggart yesterday announced he would stand as an independent candidate in the upcoming by-election, the Manly Daily reports today. McTaggart seems to be stressing the power of independents over oppositions to force governments to deliver. “Cr McTaggart […]
article-article-bodyAbout the Author
Publication
Crikey is Australia's leading independent source of news, investigations, analysis and opinion.
Crikey is committed to hosting lively discussions. Help us keep the conversation useful, interesting and welcoming. We aim to publish comments quickly in the interest of promoting robust conversation, but we’re a small team and we deploy filters to protect against legal risk. Occasionally your comment may be held up while we review, but we’re working as fast as we can to keep the conversation rolling.
The Crikey comment section is members-only content. Please subscribe to leave a comment.
The Crikey comment section is members-only content. Please login to leave a comment.