Luke Foley has been elected unopposed as leader of the NSW Labor Party. It was a result which was widely expected after Mr Foley's main rival for the leadership, Shadow Treasurer Michael Daley, pulled out of the running last week when the ALP head office threw its support behind Mr Foley. Mr Foley, who is Shadow Environment and Planning Minister, replaces John Robertson as Opposition Leader who quit after admitting to have signed a letter on behalf of Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis, as his local MP, back in 2011. Luke Foley has taken over the hot-seat as ALP leader in New South Wales after John Robertson's recent shock resignation
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Luke Foley elected as leader of Labor in New South Wales
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Takes over the Opposition Leadership from John Robertson who admitted to having signed a letter of support for gunman Man Haron Monis in 2011
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Foley is the fifth ALP leader in the past seven years
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Accused of being another representative of the party's 'faceless men'
'One minute, @placeholder is telling everyone this is coming down to the wire and there would be a ballot, a day later he has pulled out.