Early byelection test for Shorten after David Feeney quits parliament
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Labor MP David Feeney has pre-empted a High Court decision on his citizenship, quitting parliament and triggering a byelection in the Victorian seat of Batman.
Labor fears it will lose the seat to the Greens in a contest that will be a major distraction for Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in the early part of the year. In 2016, Feeney held Batman...
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