Wednesday 6 May 2020

The Eden-Monaro by-election

As usual Kevin Bonham has given us almost we need to know about this.
As an added bonus Peter Brent , alas no longer mumble, gives us a further update on the electorate.

A few comments if I may.
The previous member was highly thought of.  Mike Kelly was both a lawyer and held a PhD. He has an admirable military  career. He followed Harry Callahan's maxim of knowing his limitations. ( He had few) He usually only talked or wrote on subjects he knew quite a lot about.

The ALP candidate is well credentialed. She is a former Bega mayor ( who gained a profile in the bushfires. and  local solicitor.

John Barilaro, the NSW deputy Premier, showed why he would have been a woeful candidate, It was all about him. He was foulmouthed to boot. He has not remembered his party lost seats, safe seats , in the last state election.
Andrew Constance showed he doesn't think about his present job of being Minister for Cost Overruns. He was right if he continued he would have been hounded about Barilo's description of him.

My guess is the by-election will be fought about how we proceed after the worst of the Coronavirus.
One of the large themes will be how to pay for the debt. Will people believe tax cuts help? I doubt it.

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