By Judith Ireland and Clay Lucas, The Age
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd appears to have cast doubt on the candidacy of diplomat Lisa Clutterham for preselection in Julia Gillard’s safe Labor seat of Lalor, in Melbourne south-western suburbs.
Ms Clutterham, 29, has come under some criticism for putting her hand up for Lalor – after conceding on ABC radio on Thursday that she had never lived in Melbourne, and had been a member of the Labor Party for less than a month.
In admitting she didn’t have a connection to the area in the interview, Ms Clutterham also said her partner “has family there and as a child he visited Werribee [in the Lalor electorate] on many Christmas holidays”.
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