Pro-tip. If you’re going to back an independent candidate, perhaps don’t do it when there are 12 other people lining up for election. The field will be crowded and your chances of getting through to ordinary voters slim.
Malcolm Turnbull has never been particularly good at politics, so he clearly didn’t think of this when swinging his support behind Kirsty O’Connell in the by-election for Upper Hunter.
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