Talk:Michael O'Brien (South Australian politician)

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O'Brien/Farrell incident
The event involving O'Brien offering to stand aside for Farrell in Napier is a significant event, during which the Premier stated he would consider resigning if Farrell was pre-selected. Despite the fact that we are WP:NOTNEWS on WP, I believe this event is notable in terms of both O'Brien and Farrell, as well as Weatherill, and should be included here. It was well-sourced from the ABC, and Indaily, the Advertiser and Australian have also published a number of articles about it in today's papers. Thanks, HungryPseph (talk) 21:53, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Agreed. Frickeg (talk) 23:12, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I've restored the Farrell incident to the lead, as his subsequent resignation from the ministry is certainly lead-worthy. HungryPseph (talk) 06:32, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * His resignation is notewothy, but is it correct to describe this as "...[O'Brien's] abortive attempt to have Senator Don Farrell pre-selected for Napier". I would have though this was simply a case of O'Brien standing aside for Farrell, rather than O"Brien's attempt to get Farrell preselected. - Bilby (talk) 07:43, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm pretty relaxed about that, my point really is that the resignation should be in the lead. I'll tweak it. Thanks, HungryPseph (talk) 07:56, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I agree with Bilby, but the new wording is a little awkward too since it implies that Farrell was preselected. Possibly the Farrell bit shouldn't be mentioned in the lead and Napier definitely doesn't need to be named again. I would suggest: "He resigned from Cabinet on 31 January 2014, at which time he also announced that he would not contest the upcoming state election." The Farrell incident receives plenty of coverage further down - while it's clearly notable, I'm not sure it's so notable that it's essential in the lead. Frickeg (talk) 08:26, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
 * No prob. Will make that change. HungryPseph (talk) 09:58, 2 February 2014 (UTC)

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