One Liberal MP said it would be a ‘terrible look’ to ask 31-year-old Amelia Hamer, who has been preselected for the seat, to step aside
Former federal treasurer and chairman at Goldman Sachs Australia and New Zealand Josh Frydenberg has not commented publicly on his future political ambitions.Former federal treasurer and chairman at Goldman Sachs Australia and New Zealand Josh Frydenberg has not commented publicly on his future political ambitions.
Friday’s proposed redistribution of Victorian seats abolished the seat of Higgins and made major changes to borders of other Melbourne electorates. The ABC reported Frydenberg was considering trying to run again, but would need the VictorianGuardian Australia spoke to numerous Liberal MPs and party sources, both inside and outside Victoria, about the prospect of Frydenberg’s return.
“The women who have been preselected and campaigning for months are not seat warmers for dudes,” she wrote on social media. Others spoken to by Guardian Australia said it would be unfair to reopen preselection in Kooyong, considering other seats – like Deakin, Chisholm and Menzies – had been altered to similar or higher degrees. They questioned if the party would throw open ballots in all affected seats.
“It’s an area I know well: I’ve previously lived there, I went to school at St Catherine’s in Toorak, and many years ago I was a waitress at an Italian bistro in Malvern! However nothing is finalised until October, so in the meantime our focus is the same - getting out and about and listening to the community,” she said.
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