The battle for Warringah wasn’t meant to trigger the culture war of 2022.
The NSW Liberal Party’s “moderate” faction had lined up an uncontroversial disabilities candidate, David Brady, to run against entrenched independent Zali Steggall in the Sydney electorate, which includes Mosman and Manly.
Aaron PatrickSenior correspondentAaron Patrick is the senior correspondent. He writes about politics and business from the Sydney newsroom. Email Aaron at apatrick@afr.com