Labor ends up preferencing Clive Palmer in Clark – oh, the hypocrisy!

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie commented on the Labor Party preferencing Clive Palmer’s candidate in the seat of Clark.

“The community would be shocked to learn today that the Labor Party is preferencing Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party in the electorate of Clark (formerly Denison),” Mr Wilkie said.

“This makes a lie of the Labor Party’s rhetoric in recent days about the evils of preferencing Clive Palmer.

“Turns out the Labor Party are every bit as bad as the Liberal Party and will be party to the grubbiest of deals in the pursuit of their political self-interest.

“For my part I’ve done no preference deals and am preferencing no one. I simply ask voters to vote for me and to remember to number the ballot paper in the order of their preference.”