EDITORIAL By-elections will test Shorten’s ‘politics of envy’ strategy*

The by-elections to be held in five federal seats on July 28 will tell whether the electorate buys Bill Shorten’s “politics of envy”, but the signs are that most people will reject it. Labor held four of the five seats, while the other was held by a former Xenophon party member who quit the party to sit as an independent. The Liberals have decided not to contest the two seats in Western Australia, but the other three – Mayo (South Australia), Longman (Queensland) and Br…

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