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Flat White

The Wentworth defeat has many fathers, not just Malcolm Turnbull

21 October 2018

10:37 AM

21 October 2018

10:37 AM

So it has come to pass. Wentworth has been lost by the Liberals with the biggest by-election swing against a government since Federation.

In so decisively rejecting an excellent Liberal candidate in Dave Sharma, the voters of Wentworth have elected a fruitcake instead of buying one at the polling booth cake stall. 

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