Meet Luke Foley: Labor's reluctant leader

By Sean Nicholls
Updated February 4 2015 - 1:08pm, first published January 9 2015 - 8:10pm
Luke Foley is under no illusion about the scale of the job ahead. Photo: James Brickwood.
Luke Foley is under no illusion about the scale of the job ahead. Photo: James Brickwood.
Cricket tragic Luke Foley enjoys time in the members' enclosure at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Photo: James Brickwood
Cricket tragic Luke Foley enjoys time in the members' enclosure at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Photo: James Brickwood
Cricket tragic Luke Foley enjoys time in the members' enclosure at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Photo: James Brickwood
Cricket tragic Luke Foley enjoys time in the members' enclosure at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Photo: James Brickwood
Luke Foley is under no illusion about the scale of the job ahead. Photo: James Brickwood.
Luke Foley is under no illusion about the scale of the job ahead. Photo: James Brickwood.
Cricket tragic Luke Foley enjoys time in the members' enclosure at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Photo: James Brickwood
Cricket tragic Luke Foley enjoys time in the members' enclosure at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Photo: James Brickwood
Luke Foley is under no illusion about the scale of the job ahead. Photo: James Brickwood.
Luke Foley is under no illusion about the scale of the job ahead. Photo: James Brickwood.
Cricket tragic Luke Foley enjoys time in the members' enclosure at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Photo: James Brickwood
Cricket tragic Luke Foley enjoys time in the members' enclosure at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Photo: James Brickwood

Early last Wednesday morning, Luke Foley hit the footpaths of suburban Auburn, meeting residents of one of Sydney's most culturally diverse communities in the rapidly rising western suburbs heat.