Labor fends off Greens challenge in Batman
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Ged Kearney winning the seat of Batman is a big relief for Labor leader Bill Shorten.AAP/David Crosling
Labor has held the Victorian seat of Batman, with the ALP’s Ged Kearney leading the Greens’ Alex Bhathal 52-48% on the two-party vote with almost two-thirds of the votes counted.
Hanging onto the seat, which is in Melbourne’s...