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Finn said the party was aiming to win four seats in the upper house and believed it could overthrow Reason party MP Fiona Patten in the northern metropolitan area.
“If that happened, I think it would be very possible that if we didn’t have the balance of power for ourselves, we would be a very important player in controlling the balance of power in the upper house,” he said. dit.
“The DLP [is] standing up as a principled and traditional party that strongly believes in leading from the front and strongly believes in workers, strongly believes in small business, strongly believes in traditional families. And I think a lot of people will like that. “
He said the party would choose its preferences on a case-by-case basis, but the Conservative Liberals “can be pretty sure that if we run, they will have our preferences”.
“There are people in the Liberal Party who should probably be in the Greens or even in the Labor Party, so we wouldn’t prefer them,” he said.
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Patten said her campaign on difficult issues such as drug law reform and the decriminalization of sex work placed her in a vulnerable position in the election, but was unlikely to be ousted by the DLP.
“We know the Northern Metropolitan Region is a very diverse community, but it’s very strong in LGBTQ rights, women’s reproductive rights and drug law reform, so I don’t see Bernie favoring my electorate much with its climate denial and position against abortion, “he said.
The prime minister was asked at a news conference Thursday morning about Finn’s decision to join the DLP, but said he would not comment on the matter.
“I am the leader of the Labor Party and the prime minister of our state, I am not here to talk about other political parties,” he said.
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