After a sometimes bitter campaign to parachute into the blue ribbon Sydney seat of Epping (despite living in Yass), it appears that Pru Goward will finally get her ticket. Greg Smith (who lives in the seat), a highly credentialed candidate, was dogged throughout the campaign because he was the Right's choice - and everyone knows the NSW Liberal Right is evil (well according to Fairfax and the ABC anyway). Despite being a model candidate for preselection, his ties to David Smith doomed him to weeks of bad press and a grubby attack on his record as the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in NSW upon winning preselection.
NSW definetly seems to be a little different to the other Eastern states at the moment - high profile candidates are fighting for pre-selection at a state level. This is a very positive sign for the future of the NSW Liberal Party, one that is not being seen in either Queensland or Victoria. Where as the majority of talent is still flowing to Federal seats in all other states, the fortunes of NSW Liberals definetly seem to be improving.
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