Its closeness to the next federal election, the reason it is being held, and the electorate’s demographics mean this weekend’s byelection is arguably the most important since Aston in 2001.
Kim Beazley remembers all too well the federal byelection for the Melbourne seat of Aston in 2001.
“That was it for me,” recalled the former Labor leader, who was in Canberra this week for a flying visit. “And it might be it for Dutton, too.”
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