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The race for Indi starts
The 2022 federal election date is now set for Mayy 21,, but what’s in it for Mansfield?
CANDIDATES - start your campaigns. It seemed appropriate that Prime Minister Scott Morrison chose the day of the Melbourne Grand Prix to visit the Governor-General to request a May 21 federal election. Like the grand prix, we have been through a lengthy qualifying period with various parties doing their best to test out policies and
statements to ensure their campaign machines are firing on all cylinders. But what’s in it for Mansfield? With only a month to go until the big day, no candidate has categorically gone out on a limb to commit anything specific for Mansfield Shire. Maybe in the coming weeks, as opponents race neck and neck for the finish line, the shire may be able
to etch out some last minute promises. At this stage we have a field of eight runners with Benalla’s Beth Stevens (see last week’s Mansfield Courier) the latest to announce her intention to stand representing Pauline Hansen’s One Nation Party. She joins incumbent Helen Haines (Independent), Ross Lyman (Liberal), Elizabeth Fisher (Nationals), Nadia
David (Labor), Benjamin Gilbert (Greens), Stephen Williams (United Australia Party) and Julian Fidge (Liberal Democrats) who have all declared their intention to contest Indi. At the 2019 election there were seven candidates; One Nation did not contest it, while Derryn Hinch’s Justice Party have yet to nominate a candidate this time around. The Liberals’ Steven
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Martin won the first preference with 35.09 per cent of the votes just ahead of Helen Haines in her first election on 32.35 per cent but after preferences were distributed Dr Haines was declared the winner with 51.39 per cent ahead of Mr Martin on 48.61 per cent. Nationally, if the LiberalNational coalition can retain a net 76 seats it can retain power.
A net loss of just one seat (requiring a swing of less than half a per cent) puts it into minority and will require negotiations with the crossbench for minority government. Labor holds 68 seats but with the new seat of Hawke starts the election with a notional 69 seats. It needs 76 seats for a majority, a net gain of seven. ■ Continued page 2
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