Northern Beaches Advocate 8 Dec 2022

Liberals have reacted furiously to ‘head office’ intervention, endorsing Liberal Councillor Rory Amon to stand for Pittwater.

Comments made by NSW Treasurer Matt Kean last week, critical of the selection process in Northern Beaches seats to replace Rob Stokes, Brad Hazzard and Jonathan O’Dea, have infuriated local members.

In the wake of NSW Metropolitan Roads Minister Natalie Ward failing to win a selection ballot in Davidson, Minister Kean said Liberal Party members on the Northern Beaches were making the wrong decisions and not reflecting community sentiment.

In comments widely interpreted by local Liberal Party members as an intention to intervene in the selection process underway for Pittwater, Minister Kean told a press conference last Wednesday (30 November) he wanted the nomination process for Pittwater reopened.