Private equity kingpin Ben Gray, the son of a former Tasmanian Liberal premier, never expected to find himself pounding the pavement of Melbourne’s working-class western suburbs, campaigning for Labor.
, a tunnel under Melbourne’s CBD connecting the inner north to the inner-west, rather than Daniel Andrews’ $125 billion Suburban Rail Loop.
Ms Grigorovitch, who replaced Labor MP Marlene Kairouz as the candidate for Kororoit after she was forced out in the Adem Somyurek branch-stacking scandal, takes exception to barbs that she is a “blow in” with a wealthy partner.
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