PHOTO: Roy Butler and family during the campaign that saw him elected as a SFF Member of Parliament
State Member for Barwon, Roy Butler MP, today (Monday 12 December 2022) announced he was resigning from the NSW Shooters Fishers and Farmers Party and will run as an independent in the March 2023 state election.
The decision arose following a dispute within the party between leader Robert Borsak and fellow MPs Mr Butler and colleague Phillip Donato.
The pair say that “the final straw” came in September when Mr Borsak made a disturbing comment towards former SFF colleague and member for Murray Helen Dalton, saying that “he (LC presiding President) should have got up and clocked her (Mrs Dalton)…