00:00It was all hands on deck at a yacht club in Bayview for Jackie Scrooby, a sea of teal
00:09for the lawyer, business owner and mum seeking to snatch the tiller from the Liberals in
00:13Pittwater.
00:14I would like to think I'm also the favourite.
00:18She came close last year.
00:20The Liberal Party suffered a 20% swing when Rob Stokes retired and Rory Amon won by a
00:26margin of just 600 votes.
00:28Last week he quit parliament after being charged with child sex offences, which he denies.
00:34Now is an amazing opportunity to get in there, get those extra 300 votes that's needed and
00:40get it done.
00:44Ms Scrooby worked as an advisor to federal teal independent MPs Zali Stegall and Sophie
00:49Scomps.
00:50People have confidence in the teals now because Sophie Scomps is doing such a wonderful job.
00:55Rob Stokes?
00:56Yeah, he was great.
00:57He did a great job.
00:58He did everything that was done here, but since then it's all been downhill.
01:02The nominations bungle has especially hurt the Liberal brand on the traditionally blue
01:06ribbon northern beaches.
01:07All six Liberals on the council here will lose their seats by default because of the
01:12party's stuff-up.
01:13Outgoing Deputy Mayor Georgia Ryburn plans to stand for pre-selection next Wednesday.
01:18How confident are we that they can get registered?
01:22Labor's unlikely to field a candidate.
01:25It's an enormous amount of money and resources and time that you have to put into by-elections.
01:30The October 19th by-election likely to be a match race.
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