Even the most optimistic of Labor figures predict the party will lose a couple of seats in Victoria, while on a bad day for the ALP it could lose up to eight. On its ideological left, the Greens pose major challenges in Wills in Melbourne's inner-north and Macnamara on the other side of the Yarra River, where a three-way race with the Liberals make it a hard seat to call. The politics of the Israel-Gaza War is overt in these contests, especially in Wills where the Greens are hoping to capitalise on affluent progressives in the south of the electorate and large Muslim populations in the north.
Author: Richard Willingham
Published at: 2025-03-29 21:15:07
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