Fiscally conservative, socially progressive independents could put once safe seats in jeopardy
Recently I spoke at a community meeting in Hawthorn, Melbourne, run by Lighter Footprints, a community action group. Hawthorn is considered a safe Liberal state seat forming part of the federal electorate of Kooyong, held by the federal treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, and which has always been in the Liberal stable.
At this gathering 450 people joined for discussions on climate change and how they could make a difference and achieve policy change. There was a sense of resignation that, given the margin held by sitting members, mounting a real challenge let alone winning safe seats like this was not possible. But really, as Wentworth proved, if a strategic approach is adopted, no seat is safe anymore – including Kooyong.
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