Ratnam will have to step down as state party leader if endorsed to contest federal seat of Wills
Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam has nominated for preselection to contest the federal seat of Wills, currently held by Labor’s Peter Khalil.Victorian Greens leader Samantha Ratnam has nominated for preselection to contest the federal seat of Wills, currently held by Labor’s Peter Khalil., has announced she will run for a seat in federal parliament in a move that’s expected to see her step down from the state leadership.
Greens members in the seat will vote to choose their candidate. If Ratnam is endorsed, as is expected, she would have to step down as leader of the party inThe ABC election analyst Antony Green said she would also have to resign from the parliament altogether if she formally nominates as a candidate, which occurs two weeks after an election is called.
Khalil currently holds the electorate, which takes in Melbourne’s northern suburbs of Brunswick, Coburg, Glenroy, Fawkner and Pascoe Vale, with margin of 8.6% on a two-candidate-preferred basis against the Greens. Gaza was highlighted by the federal Greens leader, Adam Bandt, in a statement following Ratnam’s nomination, alongside housing affordability and the rental crisis.
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