Tu Le says Labor ‘learned the hard way’ after Kristina Keneally loses safe seat

Would-be Labor candidate for Fowler says it absolutely' mattered that Keneally did not reflect electorate's high diversity

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The would-be candidate who Labor looked over in its disastrous bid to parachute former senator Kristina Keneally into the seat of Fowler says the party has learned the hard way" that voters want genuine representation, suggesting she would have won the seat.

As Labor looked set to win majority government on Sunday, Fowler, a previously safe seat in Sydney's south-west, had bucked the national trend by producing a 16% swing against Keneally in favour of local independent Dai Le.

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