Federal election 2019
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Bittersweet result
It was a bittersweet result for returning Labor MPs Lisa Chesters and Rob Mitchell as they celebrated comfortable wins in the federal seats of Bendigo and McEwen respectively while their party mourned an election loss. Saturday’s win to the Liberal National Coalition means the local MPs will once again sit in opposition in the federal…
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Question over candidate
Early voting in the nation’s federal election opened yesterday with seven candidates contesting the federal lower house seat of Bendigo including several rival elements of Australia’s political far right. Among them former Bendigo councillor Julie Hoskin – who many voters will recall from her failed legal challenge to a mosque being established in Bendigo –…