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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Michael Parris

Lib candidates consider legal action after blunder ruins election hopes

Matt Bailey, left, with Liberal candidates Jenny Barrie, Rochelle Manning and Callum Pull at the Newcastle Liberal campaign launch on Tuesday. Mr Bailey was the only one of the quartet who was not nominated in time by head office. Picture by Peter Lorimer

Liberal candidates are "gutted" and weighing up legal action against the party after an administrative debacle left them off the ballot for next month's NSW local government elections.

Furious Liberal sources told the Newcastle Herald that the party's failure to lodge nominations for an estimated 130 or more candidates had left them thousands of dollars out of pocket.

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