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CONTROVERSIAL Liberal candidate Michael Towke is a man who likes to change teams well before half-time.
Mr Towke's preselection endorsement has been postponed for a week to clarify allegations that he misled the party about his membership of the Australian Labor Party.
The drama over his preselection for the southern Sydney seat of Cook has plunged Prime Minister John Howard into a new political crisis.
No one has asked Mr Towke which football team he follows. On his Liberal nomination form, he proudly proclaims membership of the Cronulla Sharks football and leagues club, which he joined in 2004.
Yet nowhere is there any mention of his pivotal role with the infamous Bulldogs Army. Two years earlier, however, he was a frontline warrior for the army.
Mr Towke, then known as Taouk, made headlines as a bit player in the Bulldogs salary cap scandal.
Described as a Bulldogs Army commander, he led a vocal section of supporters who collected signatures to force the resignation of Bulldogs Leagues Club president Gary McIntyre in 2002.
Mr McIntyre resigned as president after a week of damaging publicity about his involvement in the club's million-dollar breach of the NRL's salary cap in the previous two seasons. He had already resigned as chairman of the Oasis joint venture vehicle.
The news will surprise many in the Sutherland Shire, who often refer to themselves as living in God's Country. God usually takes up a position either on the hill or a box seat to watch the Sharks play - and the team they loathe the most is the Bulldogs.
Asked about Mr Towke's involvement with the Bulldogs Army, Sharks president Barry Pierce said it was "interesting".
Mr Towke failed to return phone calls from The Sun-Herald.
ALP frontbencher Anthony Albanese yesterday said the Liberal Party in NSW was in meltdown over the Cook preselection.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...was-a-rabid-dog/2007/07/21/1184560101171.html
Mr Towke's preselection endorsement has been postponed for a week to clarify allegations that he misled the party about his membership of the Australian Labor Party.
The drama over his preselection for the southern Sydney seat of Cook has plunged Prime Minister John Howard into a new political crisis.
No one has asked Mr Towke which football team he follows. On his Liberal nomination form, he proudly proclaims membership of the Cronulla Sharks football and leagues club, which he joined in 2004.
Yet nowhere is there any mention of his pivotal role with the infamous Bulldogs Army. Two years earlier, however, he was a frontline warrior for the army.
Mr Towke, then known as Taouk, made headlines as a bit player in the Bulldogs salary cap scandal.
Described as a Bulldogs Army commander, he led a vocal section of supporters who collected signatures to force the resignation of Bulldogs Leagues Club president Gary McIntyre in 2002.
Mr McIntyre resigned as president after a week of damaging publicity about his involvement in the club's million-dollar breach of the NRL's salary cap in the previous two seasons. He had already resigned as chairman of the Oasis joint venture vehicle.
The news will surprise many in the Sutherland Shire, who often refer to themselves as living in God's Country. God usually takes up a position either on the hill or a box seat to watch the Sharks play - and the team they loathe the most is the Bulldogs.
Asked about Mr Towke's involvement with the Bulldogs Army, Sharks president Barry Pierce said it was "interesting".
Mr Towke failed to return phone calls from The Sun-Herald.
ALP frontbencher Anthony Albanese yesterday said the Liberal Party in NSW was in meltdown over the Cook preselection.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national...was-a-rabid-dog/2007/07/21/1184560101171.html
