Electoral shake-up leaves awkward questions for the teals – and headaches for the major parties
Liberal party now has candidates preselected for seats that no longer exist while Labor dealt a blow in the seat of BennelongGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales was due to lose a federal seat, and yesterday the axe fell on Liberal turned teal North Sydney with the Australian Electoral Commission’s proposal of new electoral boundaries.The blue ribbon seat of North Sydney has existed since 1901, and had been held by the Liberal party and its predecessors for all but two terms prior to independent Kylea Tink’s Climate 200-fuelled victory in 2022.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...

Liberal party now has candidates preselected for seats that no longer exist while Labor dealt a blow in the seat of Bennelong
New South Wales was due to lose a federal seat, and yesterday the axe fell on Liberal turned teal North Sydney with the Australian Electoral Commission’s proposal of new electoral boundaries.
The blue ribbon seat of North Sydney has existed since 1901, and had been held by the Liberal party and its predecessors for all but two terms prior to independent Kylea Tink’s Climate 200-fuelled victory in 2022.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...