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The 2009 New South Wales Labor Party leadership spill was held on 3 December 2009 to elect the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party and, ex officio, Premier of New South Wales.[1][2]
Sitting premier Nathan Rees lost a spill motion after several months of speculation about a possible challenge.[3][4] He contested the subsequent leadership election, but was defeated by planning minister Kristina Keneally.[5][6] Carmel Tebbutt was returned unopposed as deputy leader (and Deputy Premier), creating the first all-female leadership team in Australia at a state or federal level.[7][8]
Keneally was sworn in as premier the following day, becoming the first female Premier of New South Wales and the state's fourth premier in as many years.[9][10] She led Labor to a landslide defeat less than two years later at the 2011 New South Wales state election.[11][12]
Prior to the spill, Rees said that any challenger "would be a puppet" of factional powerbrokers Eddie Obeid and Joe Tripodi.[13][14] The claim was rejected by Keneally, who stated "I am nobody's puppet, I am nobody's protege, I am nobody's girl".[15][16]
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- ^ "Keneally sworn in as premier". Australian Financial Review. 4 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2025. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
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- ^ "Keneally loses NSW election, stands down". Sydney Morning Herald. 26 March 2011. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
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