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The art of politics as we know is spinning reality in such a way that perceptions become more influential than what is actually happening.
So the weekend byelection in the rural/coal seat of Upper Hunter in New South Wales, which Labor has not held for 90 years, spells big trouble for Anthony Albanese and federal Labor.
Not surprisingly this distortion is pushed for all its worth by Mr Albanese’s principal political opponent, Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
However, it is not only Mr Morrison who says the “Labor brand” is in trouble with its hitherto blue-collar voting heartland, but also long-time federal Labor member Joel Fitzgibbon.
Great Scott, Kirkup turns the Liberals Green
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Opposition Leader Zak Kirkup took his metaphorical DeLorean for a ride through the timestream this week as he went backwards with a failed Barnett policy from 2017 whilst simultaneously dragging the Liberal Party into the future with an energy policy that is downright green.
Itâs been hard to keep up with the strategies from team Kirkup which racked up more than $1 billion of promises since Saturday as the Liberals wasted no time in restarting campaign activities once the Wooroloo fire was under control.