NSW Liberals slam decision to parachute in Warren Mundine as local candidate

[Mighty AU]

Angry Liberals are tearing up their party memberships on the New South Wales south coast over the decision to parachute in former Labor president Warren Mundine to run as a local candidate.

It is understood the high-profile Aboriginal businessmen is Prime Minister Scott Morrison's preferred candidate.

But a Liberal candidate had already been preselected for Gilmore. Real estate agent Grant Schultz was picked eight months ago to replace sitting member Ann Sudmalis, who is quitting politics.

The party's state executive has now blocked his candidacy to make way for Mr Mundine.

Mr Schultz declared that undemocratic, and yesterday announced he would run as an independent. 

President of the local Gerringong branch of the Liberal Party Philip Motby said after voting Liberal for 40 years he was resigning his membership to support Mr Schultz.

"We had an endorsement thing, he got 40 votes to nine and I think that was pretty convincing," Mr Motby said.

"But head office seem to think they know more than we do so they're bringing their man in.

"That's fine, let them come in and man the polling booths and do the running around.

"I've been doing it for 40 years; I won't miss it."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-23/nsw-liberals-slam-warren-mundine-decision/10738076

[CaelReader]

For a second I thought that the situation was so dire that they literally parachuted in a politician on short notice.

[Mighty AU]

Crazier things have happened in Australian politics

[Patrick]

Classic liberals to want a real estate agent with no political background instead of an actual politician.
Fair enough that he won the vote but how many more real estate agents can the liberals vote in before their supporters go "wait a minute they are looking out for themselves and their benefactors and not your average aussie"?