Eden-Monaro MP, Mike Kelly has announced he will retire. Crikey’s William Bowe has a crack at the bi-election:
Kelly has held the south-eastern NSW seat for all but one term since 2007, including wins in 2016 and 2019 that ended its famed record as the “bellwether” electorate that had gone with the winning party at every election since 1972.
However, the Liberals pared back the margin last year to just 0.8%, and there seems to be remarkable confidence in the conservative camp that the seat will be restored to its rightful place as a prize of the governing party.
