The teal independents will try to tighten their grip on Sydney’s northern beaches next month. A former advisor to two federal teal MPs has launched her campaign to seize the state seat of Pittwater from the Liberal party after an MP quit parliament over child sex allegations.
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:00It was all hands on deck at a yacht club in Bayview for Jackie Scrooby, a sea of teal
00:09for the lawyer, business owner and mum seeking to snatch the tiller from the Liberals in
00:13Pittwater.
00:14I would like to think I'm also the favourite.
00:18She came close last year.
00:20The Liberal Party suffered a 20% swing when Rob Stokes retired and Rory Amon won by a
00:26margin of just 600 votes.
00:28Last week he quit parliament after being charged with child sex offences, which he denies.
00:34Now is an amazing opportunity to get in there, get those extra 300 votes that's needed and
00:40get it done.
00:44Ms Scrooby worked as an advisor to federal teal independent MPs Zali Stegall and Sophie
00:49Scomps.
00:50People have confidence in the teals now because Sophie Scomps is doing such a wonderful job.
00:55Rob Stokes?
00:56Yeah, he was great.
00:57He did a great job.
00:58He did everything that was done here, but since then it's all been downhill.
01:02The nominations bungle has especially hurt the Liberal brand on the traditionally blue
01:06ribbon northern beaches.
01:07All six Liberals on the council here will lose their seats by default because of the
01:12party's stuff-up.
01:13Outgoing Deputy Mayor Georgia Ryburn plans to stand for pre-selection next Wednesday.
01:18How confident are we that they can get registered?
01:22Labor's unlikely to field a candidate.
01:25It's an enormous amount of money and resources and time that you have to put into by-elections.
01:30The October 19th by-election likely to be a match race.