Grattan on Friday: Can the government defy history and return Eden-Monaro to 'bellwether' status?
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
It’s been the summer and autumn from hell for very many of the voters in the NSW federal seat of Eden-Monaro, a Labor electorate on under 1% that forms an envelope around the nation’s capital.
Fire ravaged their beautiful bush and coastal lands and claimed homes. Just as the rebuilding started, the coronavirus stopped the tourist...