The fresh-faced local Vietnamese-Australian Labor lower house candidate for the division of Fowler, lawyer Tu le, has been replaced in a shock move by the Australian Labor Party with Senator Kristina Keneally, the former state premier who serves as the party’s deputy leader. Tu Le, who was backed by retiring Fowler MP Chris Hayes to replace him at the federal election next year, has revealed the move has triggered “rage” in the southwest Sydney community. Keneally will now be parachuted in from her home in northern Sydney to become the candidate to represent the multicultural suburb. “They [the community] are furious in fact. The public commentary about this clearly shows their rage,” Le told ABC radio on Tuesday. “That they feel like they don’t have a say in who gets to represent them and who is the person that speaks up for the struggles that they face and we face every …
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