By Rich Bowden: Liberal party officials have claimed weekend by-election results offer a ringing endorsement of new leader Tony Abbott after a fortnight of party infighting not seen since the Howard/Peacock battles of the 1980s. The Liberals Paul Fletcher (Bradfield) and Kelly O’Dwyer (Higgins) continued the blue ribbon seats’ tradition of not having to...
By Alex Schlotzer Okay that might be a bit presumptuous given that polls have not yet closed but that was certainly the major news that energised Green members yesterday at the close of campaigning in the seat of Higgins. With Malcolm Mackerras predicting in his article that voters would give the nod to Greens...
By Rich Bowden: As a special presentation for our readers, theangle.org will be running live coverage of the count from the twin by-elections this weekend in Bradfield (NSW) and Higgins (Vic) using the Cover it Live software. Both seats were vacated by outgoing Liberal party luminaries Brendan Nelson and Peter Costello and are considered...
Over the next month, theangle.org will be taking an in-depth look at the two by-election seats of Bradfield, on Sydney's north shore and Higgins, on the outskirts of Melbourne.
By-Elections: A Final Commentary
Political analyst Alex Schlotzer writes on the Higgins and Bradfield weekend by-elections; what it means for the leadership of the Liberal Party, Australia's political landscape and whether the issue of climate change will be a vote changer in the run up to the next election.
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