Dunkley byelection: Anthony Albanese announces Jodie Belyea as Labor candidate
Anthony Albanese has announced local community leader Jodie Belyea will be Labor’s candidate for the seat of Dunkley after the passing of Peta Murphy.
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Anthony Albanese has announced local community leader Jodie Belyea will be Labor’s candidate for the seat of Dunkley after the passing of Peta Murphy.
As one insider observed, “If we can’t get close in seats like Dunkley, where the hell are we meant to win?”
The nation’s focus will turn to Dunkley for a contest that will test the political temperature in a potential federal election year.
It’s difficult to say who might be preselected to represent Labor in Dunkley, but Daniel Andrews has been rumoured as a contender.
Sonya Kilkenny is one of the most influential people in Victoria holding the prominent position of planning minister at a time of a national housing crisis, but she’s relatively unknown.