If ever a seat was not a litmus test for Labor it’s the Upper Hunter. Still the byelection reveals some truths | Peter Lewis

The result underscores Australia’s post-pandemic political dynamic and the rewards of incumbency, spending and isolationism

As pundits breathlessly seek to build a fresh “Labor disaster” narrative around the weekend New South Wales state byelection in the Upper Hunter we should be wary of the lure of the false portents.

Byelections are particularly crude instruments to build out a bigger story of how a general election will play because they harness the intensity of a diverse national conversation within the narrow parameters of one geographical region.

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