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Editor's note
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It’s been a tough few months for the voters of Eden-Monaro, a NSW seat that encircles the ACT and is one of the most marginal in the country. As Michelle Grattan writes, the summer saw the large area devastated by bushfire, and now the coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc, as it is elsewhere. And the seat’s popular member, Labor’s Mike Kelly, has resigned due to poor health.
The battle to replace Kelly will be hotly contested, and one neither Labor nor the government is likely to relish right now. If the government won, it would go against the tide of history and raise questions about Anthony Albanese’s leadership; if Labor held on, it would be a slap in the face for the government and reveal a deep distrust still running alongside Scott Morrison’s current popularity.
Add to all that a speculated run by high-profile NSW Deputy Premier John Barilaro, a National, and the by-election will be a fascinating one.
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Amanda Dunn
Section Editor: Politics + Society
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Politics + Society
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Peter Sivey, RMIT University
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