Opposition leader says Richard Shields should ‘fall on his sword’ after party fails to nominate key candidates
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The New South Wales Liberal leader, Mark Speakman, says the party’s state director, Richard Shields, must resign immediately after a “monumental stuff-up” over next month’s local government elections.
The Liberal party missed the noon Wednesday deadline to lodge the necessary paperwork to nominate candidates, meaning there will be no Liberal candidates in as many as 12 councils across greater Sydney at the 14 September elections.
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