In a double blow for the Labor Party, the Australian Electoral Commission has also proposed a new seat in Western Australia that would be winnable for the Liberal Party.
The Labor-held seat of Higgins in Melbourne’s inner east would be abolished to boost the surrounding seats of Chisholm and Kooyong under a proposed revamp of Victoria’s electoral boundaries.
Former treasurer Peter Costello held the seat of Higgins from 1990 to 2009. The Liberal Party held the seat until Katie Allen lost to Labor’s Michelle Ananda-Rajah in 2022.The electoral commission has to reduce the number of seats in both Victoria and NSW while adding one to WA due to population changes over recent years.
Large parts of Higgins will go into the neighbouring seats of Kooyong, held by independent Monique Ryan, and Chisholm, held by Labor’s Carina Garland. Other sections will go into Labor-held Hotham and Macnamara along with the Greens-held seat of Melbourne.
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