Christine Forster launches bid for NSW upper house

Christine Forster launches bid for NSW upper house
Image: Christine Forster (Photo: Ann-Marie Calilhanna; Star Observer)

THE lesbian sister of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has is set to contend for a place in the NSW upper house in the next State Election.

Forster (pictured above), who is currently a Liberal councillor for City of Sydney, has nominated to be preselected to a position on the Liberal Party’s upper-house ticket for the election in March.

The news comes after speculation of her possibly focusing on becoming a candidate for Lord Mayor of Sydney in the 2016 council elections.

NSW Parliament currently has a few openly-gay MPs, including Sydney independent MP Alex Greenwich and Coogee Liberal MP Bruce Notley-Smith in the lower house. In the upper house, there’s Penny Sharpe, who has also been preselected as Labor’s candidate for the newly-formed electorate of Newtown.

(Image credit: Ann-Marie Calilhanna; Star Observer)

H/T Sydney Morning Herald

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