Bill Shorten intervenes to defuse Cunningham preselection challenge

By Sean Nicholls
Updated November 26 2015 - 6:18pm, first published 6:03pm
Australia Workers Union official Misha Zelinsky is standing aside from challenging Sharon Bird for preselection. Photo: Robert Peet
Australia Workers Union official Misha Zelinsky is standing aside from challenging Sharon Bird for preselection. Photo: Robert Peet
Jamie Clements: "I thank Misha for putting the party's interests first." Photo: Dallas Kilponen
Jamie Clements: "I thank Misha for putting the party's interests first." Photo: Dallas Kilponen

Union official Misha Zelinsky has withdrawn a challenge to Labor MP Sharon Bird for preselection in the federal seat of Cunningham after intervention by NSW head office at the urging of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.

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