Western Sydney independent candidate, Dai Le, says Labor’s choice for the multicultural seat of Fowler is “out of touch” with locals in the area.
Sen. Kristina Keneally was parachuted by the Labor Party into the electorate after concerns from party leaders that she might not hold her Senate seat in the upcoming election.
Dai Le, the deputy mayor of the Fairfield Council and a Vietnamese refugee, said that after the Labor Party decided to insert Keneally into the contest for the multicultural seat of Fowler, community members reached out to her to encourage her to run for office and give voters a “local choice.”…