NSW Labor Backs ‘Proud Coal Miner’, Union Candidate in Upper Hunter By-Election

Liddell power station in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, Australia on Apr. 22, 2018. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

New South Wales (NSW) Labor has shifted away from its national counterpart’s climate change agenda to support a former coal miner as its candidate in the Upper Hunter by-election.

NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay made the statement while announcing their candidate for the Upper Hunter by-election.