Men moved aside in ACT Labor preselection to meet affirmative action quotas

Louise Crossman, who is expected to be endorsed as a Labor candidate for Brindabella. Picture by Elesa Kurtz

Two male ACT Labor candidates have been dumped as part of a bitter preselection process that ensured the party met its affirmative action quotas.

Louise Crossman, a left-aligned former president of the party and staffer in federal and territory Labor offices, has been installed as a likely candidate in Brindabella.