Albanese says anything less than a solid swing towards the Coalition will be a failure for Dutton, who, in turn, is playing down prospects, citing the Moira Deeming issue.
claiming anything less than a solid swing towards the Coalition will be a failure for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.to expel controversial upper house MP Moira Deeming had not helped the Coalition’s prospects in Aston.He said the dispute showed “the damage that can be caused and the opportunities lost when we don’t act as a team and talk about ourselves”.
Because of the controversy surrounding Mr Tudge – who had responsibilities for the robo-debt program that is now subject to a royal commission and had stepped down from the cabinet after an affair with a staffer – and the unpopularity in Victoria of former prime minister Scott Morrison, the Liberals almost lost Aston at the 2022 federal election.The once-safe seat swung towards Labor by 7.3 per cent, reducing the margin to 2.8 per cent.
Sources said that given there was no obvious candidate to replace him, nothing would happen in the short-to-medium term, and possibly beyond. It was the very same line that Mr Morrison used to manage expectations before the July 2020 byelection for the marginal NSW seat of Eden-Monaro that Labor retained when it was in opposition.
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