Labor candidate overlooked for Kristina Keneally touted for NSW state seat

Tu Le says she supports a rank-and-file' vote but doesn't control decisions made by party bosses

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The candidate controversially overlooked by Labor for Kristina Keneally in Fowler at the last federal election has denied being involved in a stitch up" for a state seat in western Sydney, saying she doesn't control" what head office decides.

The Guardian understands senior Labor figures have been testing local support for Tu Le, the Vietnamese-Australian lawyer who was controversially pushed aside to allow Keneally to run in Fowler in May, to run in either Cabramatta or Fairfield at the New South Wales election in March.

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