Joe Triprotege - Bill Shorten's controversial choice as new strategy director
NSW Labor MPs and party operatives are split over the appointment of a NSW political staffer nicknamed "Joe Triprotege" to serve as Bill Shorten's new strategy director.
Former NSW political staffer Ian McNamara, who has worked as a senior adviser to former premier Kristina Keneally and other state Labor leaders, as well as disgraced former state MP Joe Tripodi, is poised to replace Mr Shorten's strategy director Eamonn Fitzpatrick, who left his senior role back in August last year.
Formal approval of the appointment is being considered by Labor's staffing committee, led by federal MP Gary Gray, and Mr McNamara has spent the most recent parliamentary sitting week in Canberra.
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