Independent teal candidate Jacqui Scruby and Liberal opponent Georgia Ryburn are two successful women battling it out to represent Pittwater. It seems all anyone can talk about is where Ryburn lives.
Drive along Barrenjoey Road, the arterial roadway that intersects the Pittwater electorate set for a byelection this Saturday, and voters are inundated with an identical message: Vote Local. Vote Georgia; Vote Local. Vote Jacqui.
“I live in Pittwater surrounded by extended family including my father and parents-in-law and have done so for the past five years – and have lived in and around Pittwater throughout my life,” she adds. It led former Liberal Pittwater MP Rob Stokes to decry the “appalling poster” as the “nastiest personal attack I’ve seen in 30 years of elections” in a video posted onto Instagram – after noting he arrived in the city on the northern beaches’ public transport chariot, the B-Line.Ryburn, a consultant with PwC and former deputy mayor of Northern Beaches Council, even took to social media to clear the air about where she lived.
“Hi fellow NB Mums! A reminder to those who live in Pittwater , that we’re going to have to vote again this week – the last day to vote is Saturday 19 October.”In a city of tribes, the “insular peninsula” is living up to the name.That Pittwater is shaping into a contest – both sides’ polling shows about a two-party-preferred vote of 50-50 – is baffling.
Pittwater – Held by the Liberal Party by a mere 606 votes, the northern beaches poll will see Liberal candidate Georgia Ryburn face off against teal independent Jacqui Scruby, who ran at the 2023 state election. But Liberal insiders concede Saturday’s match-up suits Scruby. Not only is she the only progressive candidate , the byelection’s third candidate, Libertarian Doug Rennie, will almost certainly consume first preference votes vital for Ryburn.One senior Labor strategist believes Scruby will “shit it in”, arguing nothing has materially improved for the Liberal Party since March last year.The at-times surreal campaign reached another strange new level on Friday.
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