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Federal Labor headhunts Qld mayor in bid to win back regions
The pick, Gladstone Council Mayor Matt Burnett for the seat of Flynn, could also have implications for the Townsville-based electorate of Herbert owing to a deal between Labor’s left and right factions. Cr Burnett, who has served in local government since 2000, has been approached across numerous federal election cycles to run for Labor but is understood to have only acquiesced in recent weeks following discussions with Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese. The first-term mayor had, as recently as…
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