Joel Fitzgibbon praises Labor candidate Jeff Drayton after Upper Hunter by-election loss

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Updated May 23 2021 - 7:24pm, first published 5:00pm
Drayton 'amongst the best' candidates I've seen: Joel Fitzgibbon
Drayton 'amongst the best' candidates I've seen: Joel Fitzgibbon

JEFF Drayton is "amongst the best" of "hundreds" of candidates veteran Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon has campaigned with, but the union official's failure to win votes outside where he was best known proved his undoing.

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Max McKinney

Journalist at Newcastle Herald

Max McKinney is a sports reporter with the Newcastle Herald. He previously worked in news, covering mainly local government and transport. Max mostly reports on the Newcastle Knights, but also covers a mix of local sport.

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