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Standing on a hill overlooking the sprawling maze of paddocks he’s worked all his 71 years, Ian Moore rattles off the names of Nationals MPs he’s supported in the Upper Hunter during his 50 years as a member of the party.
Col Fisher, the local MP for 18 years from 1970, lived just over the hill from Moore’s farm in Jerrys Plains, a tiny village west of Singleton. Fisher was “an honourable” man, he remembers. So too George Souris, who held the seat from 1988 until his retirement in 2015. “A gentleman,” Moore says.
More recently though? Of Michael Johnsen – who resigned in March in the wake of accusations he raped a sex worker in the Blue Mountains in 2019 – accusations he strenuously denies – the less said the better. And Dave Layzell, the candidate preselected to replace Johnsen at next Saturday’s byelection? Well, he’s just not sure. ....

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