A real estate agent and former policeman and army trooper has been named as the Liberal candidate for the key seat in Melbourne’s west.
A real estate agent has been unveiled as the Liberal candidate for the crucial seat of Werribee, with the upcoming byelection being touted as a referendum on the Allan government.
He vowed to campaign on a platform of reducing crime, addressing the cost-of-living crisis and improving infrastructure. Former Labor strategist Kos Samaras, who is now the director of strategy and analytics at the RedBridge Group, said the byelection would provide a preview of what Victorian politics might look over the next decade.“The west is the fastest-growing part of Melbourne,” he explained. “It’s where most of the safe seats will be created in the next decade, so governing Spring Street will be almost impossible without having some presence in the west and north-west.
While Battin would not be drawn into the outcome of the byelection, he said it was important that Werribee locals had a voice.
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