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A governing party hasn’t won a seat off the opposition at a byelection in over 100 years, and the Liberals have held the seat of Aston since 1990. Follow live
Good morning everyone, and welcome to this Saturday’s live blog.
We begin in Victoria, where the Aston byelection could make or break Peter Dutton’s leadership of the opposition. Liberal candidate Roshena Campbell is still expected to narrowly hold on to the seat, in Melbourne’s south-east, but Labor’s Mary Doyle is pushing hard. The seat, vacated by scandal-plagued former minister Alan Tudge, offers voters a chance to weigh in on Dutton’s leadership, and we will see how things play out.
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