Hunter MP Joel Fitzgibbon considers running for Labor leadership in wake of federal election loss

By David Stewart
Updated May 21 2019 - 12:30pm, first published 11:21am
CLARITY: Joel Fitzgibbon said Labor needed to tread "a new path" and be "loud and proud" in supporting coal mining and action on climate change. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen
CLARITY: Joel Fitzgibbon said Labor needed to tread "a new path" and be "loud and proud" in supporting coal mining and action on climate change. Picture: Alex Ellinghausen

HUNTER MP Joel Fitzgibbon said on Tuesday he would consider contesting the federal Labor leadership to take the party in a new direction.

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