Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has claimed underdog status and said the Coalition was in a much stronger position to win Aston – a former Liberal stronghold – than Labor in the crucial federal byelection on Saturday night.
Meeting volunteers and voters at Bayswater Primary School on Saturday morning, Albanese urged residents in the outer-eastern Melbourne electorate to turn up and vote as the ballot was an opportunity to send a message to the Liberal Party.
But neither candidate was able to cast a vote for themselves on election day as neither Doyle nor Campbell were living in the electorate when the register closed. Doyle lives in the neighbouring electorate and Campbell has since rented a property in the seat. “Today is not about a general election. It’s not about changing the government. It’s about electing a strong local representative,” Dutton said.
While Labor’s campaign has focussed on Dutton, the Liberals have attempted to harness unrest about cost-of-living pressures and road funding cuts made in Labor’s first budget.the cost-of-living pressures were starting to hurt local families in the area.“We’ve got friends that are looking at now selling their homes because of interest rates, which is scary. That’s obviously not something you think’s going to happen when you buy your first home, that interest rates are going to go up so much.
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