Holstein and Andrews line up

Elections loom large on the local horizon and the usual hopefuls are positioning themselves this time for an opportunity to serve the long-suffering constituents in the newly-named electorate of Gosford.

Labor preselectors appear to have considered well the political down side of any overt support for Minister John Della Bosca, resulting in his wife being given a sop with Minister Tony Kelly which may allow her to put her legal experience to good effect for the party.

It will not be all plain sailing with one-time independent and sometime Mayor of Gosford Liberal Chris Holstein successfully displacing another Liberal hopeful for a full on tilt at the State Assembly.

Now with Della Bosca effectively out of range, Holstein and Andrews are in a better position to start answering constituents' questions in the run up to the State elections.

Edward James Umina