Politics, election latest: Tim Wilson reclaims Goldstein as Libs take the lead in WA seat
Wilson is close to an official call in his tussle with teal Zoe Daniel, as Greens leader Adam Bandt risks losing in Melbourne. The Liberal Party has taken a 44-vote lead in a newly created seat.
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