TIGERS HELP POUNCE ON RODENT: IT’S ALL A GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE

Above – “The Mary St Entrance to Leichhardt Oval” taken by Jeffrey Gabriel.

Labor announced this week that it will commit $3million towards an upgrade of Leichhardt Oval, home of the Balmain Tigers and Wests Tigers. South Sydney Rabbitohs fan Anthony Albanese was at the announcement heralding this as a great win for the people of Grayndler. The truth of the matter lies in who was standing next to Mr Albanese.

Maxine McKew, the Labor candidate for Bennelong was there playing football as well. (The link in the first paragraph takes you to a cracking photo of her trying to pass a ball. Her footwork is all over the shop. She needs to have a few training sessions with the mighty Newtown Jets).

You see, half of the Balmain Tigers junior district lies in Bennelong and this announcement helps support the pastime of hundreds of local families in that area. Maxine was trying to get one up on her campaign rival John Howard, the so called, “rodent,” Prime Minister who has also been making Bennelong specific announcements lately. This is not to say the funding is not welcome. It just needs to be viewed in context. This is all a big game of cat and mouse.

What’s the point? Well this is a Grayndler blog and Leichhardt Oval is in Grayndler. Anthony Albanese may try to use this as an example of the work he does in Grayndler to hide the truth that safe seats get little attention. It is important to highlight that this announcement does the exact opposite. It is a play for a marginal seat outside of Grayndler.

If the voters of Grayndler want more attention they need to understand the game. The big dollars follow the small margins. A vote for me and the Democrats will help Grayndler in the future as it will cause the major parties to devote more time to the issues of the inner-west.