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Was Bennelong Kristina Keneally’s second choice?

26 November 2017

1:37 PM

26 November 2017

1:37 PM

Voters in Bennelong who need to front up to the polls once again may be surprised – and perhaps unimpressed – to learn that Kristina Keneally, Labor’s candidate for the seat may consider them second-best, after Canberra.

Keneally, former NSW State premier, was being considered by the powerful ACT Labor powerbrokers to contest Canberra’s proposed new third federal seat, but it appears she made her decision to run in Bennelong before they were ready to announce their candidate, according to The Canberra Times.

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