A small group of MPs from different factions gather to discuss Labor's fortunes and express their belief in Chris Minns' leadership abilities.
In the lean years following Labor ’s third successive election loss, a small, cross-factional group of MPs would gather in the Macquarie Street office of Rockdale MP Steve Kamper almost every night during parliamentary sitting weeks.
Tucked in a corner of level 10, at the opposite end to the office of then Labor leader Jodi McKay, the four MPs – Jo Haylen and Rose Jackson, warriors of the Hard Left, and Chris Minns and Kamper from the Right – would drink coffee and wine, lamenting the party’s fortunes. They had backed Minns in the 2019 leadership ballot against McKay and were certain the party would be consigned to 16 years in opposition unless he managed to depose the Strathfield MP before the 2023 election. Partly the bond was generational: Minns, Jackson and Haylen are of similar ages, while Kamper and Minns are close friends. But primarily, they all ardently believed Minns was the only person capable of dragging Labor out of the wilderness. “We were there knowing that Jodi did not have the goods to deliver us into government
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