Labor factions engineer deal to keep Joel Fitzgibbon, Pat Conroy in Parliament

By Adam Gartrell
Updated January 15 2016 - 8:23pm, first published 5:09pm
Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon will need to find a new seat after the redistribution of NSW electorates. Photo: Damian White
Labor's Joel Fitzgibbon will need to find a new seat after the redistribution of NSW electorates. Photo: Damian White
Pat Conroy's Lake Macquarie-based seat of Charlton has been renamed Hunter. Photo: Darren Pateman
Pat Conroy's Lake Macquarie-based seat of Charlton has been renamed Hunter. Photo: Darren Pateman
 Liberal MP Angus Taylor has denied claims he's considering defecting to the Nationals. Photo: Jeffrey Chan
Liberal MP Angus Taylor has denied claims he's considering defecting to the Nationals. Photo: Jeffrey Chan

Federal Labor stalwart Joel Fitzgibbon and up-and-comer Pat Conroy would be found new seats but long-serving backbencher Jill Hall could be forced out of Parliament under a plan being engineered by factional heavyweights in the wake of electoral boundary changes.

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