Grattan on Friday: Disillusioned voters find it easy to embrace a crossbencher like Rebekha Sharkie
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
More than two decades ago Alexander Downer stood aside as opposition leader for John Howard, paving the way for the 1996 Coalition election win. This week Howard was in Mayo, his former foreign minister’s one-time South Australian seat, campaigning for Downer’s daughter Georgina.
When the Super Saturday byelections were called, the...