ANALYSIS: As Labor battles history and voter apathy in Aston, a Liberal loss would spell disaster
abc.net.au/news/aston-analysis-by-election-roshena-campbell-mary-doyle/102164378If the Liberal Party loses Aston at today's by-election, it will only hold three seats in suburban Melbourne, a city made up of almost five million people.
This time the Liberal's candidate is Melbourne City councillor and barrister Roshena Campbell, who lives in Brunswick. There's also hope that candidates like Ms Campbell will encourage professional women to return to the party after the cohort abandoned the Liberals under Scott Morrison.History is on the Liberals' side
Scott Morrison was a deeply unpopular prime minister, and the candidate was nowhere to be seen given he was under a cloud of controversy over settlements with his former staffer with whom he had a consensual affair. The Prime Minister hasn't been missing in action either, he's also visited four times, and last week he attacked Ms Campbell's lack of connection to the community.
Labor's Mary Doyle, who was also the federal election candidate, lives just outside the electorate but says her kids went to school in the area.
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