Madeleine Ogilvie’s extraordinary request to Liberal Campaign HQ to only preselect two candidates for the seat of Clark seems to have gotten an audience, with the Liberals way behind the 8-ball announcing their Clark ticket.

Liberal and political insiders know how vulnerable Ms Ogilvie is electorally and it appears she’s putting herself ahead of the broader campaign. 

Ms Ogilvie recently took to social media to undermine the campaign of Marcus Vermey in Nelson, now a possible rival in Clark, and she’s scared he might take her job.

Labor has a full ticket of 35 candidates who are already on the campaign trail – the Liberals in Clark are too busy trying to undermine each other to get their divided team on the same page.

And that’s before Ms Ogilvie has even had time to properly worry about the impact Elise Archer’s inclusion will have on her own hopes of being re-elected.

If the Liberals were as focused on the budget as they were on saving their own jobs, we wouldn't be having a fourth election in seven years.

Ella Haddad MP
Labor Member for Clark