JULIA Gillard has risked a backlash from Labor members and stoked internal divisions after moving to dump long-serving senator Trish Crossin and install Olympian Nova Peris as the candidate to become the party's first indigenous federal member.
The Prime Minister said yesterday she had made a "captain's pick" by inviting Ms Peris to join the ALP and seek preselection for the Senate for the Northern Territory. "I have made the decision, and that's it," she said.
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