Politics podcast: the Batman byelection battleground
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Byelections are not just important in the obvious sense of their results, but also for the confidence of political players.
On Saturday Labor and Bill Shorten face a major test in the Melbourne seat of Batman, traditionally Labor but with the Greens now threatening the ALP’s hold.
A Labor loss would be a blow to the morale of the opposition -...
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