Administrative bungle leaves party without a senior leader, four weeks out from statewide elections
In a statement issued after an emergency meeting late on Thursday night, the party’s state president, Don Harwin, said its executive had unanimously decided to terminate Shields’ employment over the fiasco.
It leaves the party without a senior leader four weeks out from statewide elections where more than 4 million voters will have their say.The party’s failure to submit all nomination forms by midday on Wednesday has left eight local councils – including several in party heartland – without a Liberal candidate on the ticket.
The power broker and former state minister had volunteered to run the local government nomination process, with the executive only picking the last candidate two hours before nominations closed, Shields said.According to Shields, about 440 candidates were to be nominated but electoral commission data shows only 281 made the cut.
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