Contenders testing the waters for NSW Labor leadership
Pressure was building against NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay on Monday as MPs considered her future and candidates lined up to put themselves forward as replacements.
Pressure was building against NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay on Monday as MPs considered her future and candidates lined up to put themselves forward as replacements.
The most likely contender, Kogarah MP Chris Minns, was known to be working the phones at the weekend to gauge internal support.
He and others, including opposition health spokesman Ryan Park, were said to lack sufficient numbers for a spill.
Other potential candidates include Campbelltown MP Greg Warren, a defence force veteran with Indigenous heritage.
Instead of a protracted leadership contest, Ms McKay’s detractors are hoping she will step aside of her own volition to allow for an orderly change of leadership.
Her supporters rallied on Monday to stand by her leadership and brush off suggestions she should resign following the party’s disappointing results in the Upper Hunter by-election.
Some news outlets reported that Ms McKay had been urged to consider her future by Labor general secretary Bob Nanva, but this account has been refuted by some party officials and MPs.
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