Just two weeks out from the federal election, former Labor candidate for the northern Perth electorate of Cowan, Tristan Cockman, has released a video on Facebook stating that he wasn’t preselected by the party at this election because he doesn’t belong to a faction.
Quite publicly showing his disappointment in Labor selecting Anne Aly over him as the candidate for this year, Cockman is now actively trying to spoil Labor’s election campaign.
He promises to release further details about how he was “prohibited from standing” by Labor’s factions. He continued: “All we have heard is the same old promises in a different election. Nothing has really impressed me to date.”
Cockman claims he door knocked 15,000 homes in the lead-up to the last election, bringing Labor to a closer win. This doesn’t seem to add up, as the Liberals’ margin rose from 6.3% in the 2010 election to 7.5% in the 2013 election. After redistribution last year, this figure was cut by 3%, making Cowan a marginal seat at 4.5%.
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