This was published 10 years ago
Jay Weatherill stands by Don Farrell criticisms
AAP
South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. (AAP Image/Alan Porritt) (AAP Image/Alan Porritt)
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill refuses to be drawn on Labor powerbroker Don Farrell's possible Senate comeback.
But Mr Weatherill says he stands by his previous comments that Mr Farrell represents the disunity that tore apart the federal Labor party in the Rudd-Gillard years.
Advertisement
The premier threatened to quit in 2014 in protest over a factional deal that would have installed the then-outgoing federal senator in the safe Labor seat of Napier.
"You should look carefully to what I did say at the time," Mr Weatherill told reporters on Wednesday.
Share a tip-off, video or photo with us
