A group of senior Liberal MPs has been assigned with repairing the party’s relationship with Chinese Australians,which will be put to the test in the Aston byelection.
Dutton’s intervention in the state decision will increase pressure on local Liberals to preselect a woman to replace outgoing frontbencher Alan Tudge.
Peter Dutton’s fight to hang on to the Liberal seat of Aston will highlight Labor’s cuts to infrastructure in the Melbourne electorate and seek to install a multicultural woman to replace former MP Alan Tudge.
Victorians don’t think much of the opposition leader,and a byelection loss in Alan Tudge’s seat of Aston would be catastrophic for him. But it’s also his chance to make a mark.
The Liberals will be desperate to hold on to Aston,but the party performed poorly in Victorian seats at the federal election and at the state election in November 2022.
The MP for the outer-eastern Melbourne seat of Aston has endured several political scandals in recent years.
As the Coalition MP retired from politics,the former staffer he had an affair with watched from the public gallery.
The resignation of Alan Tudge will force the Liberal Party to confront its failures in Victoria,with an opportunity to broaden its appeal.
The former minister says the death of his father,his health and wanting to be a good dad are reasons for resigning from politics,prompting a byelection in his seat of Aston,in outer-eastern Melbourne.
Harmony in the broader community comes from integration,exposure to diversity and a breaking down of barriers,all learnt at public schools.
The “cameos” of welfare recipients compiled for News Corp were to counter what Tudge labelled an “orchestrated campaign” against the welfare crackdown.