The Victorian Greens leader, Samantha Ratnam, has put her hand up to run in the federal seat of Wills, in a move that has some Labor figures worried about the party’s grip on the seat…
Colin Jacobs, a former Greens staffer who is now the director of data and analytics at firm PoliQ, said there was “a lot of room for growth” for the minor party.
He said while Brunswick was now “Greens heartland territory”, Labor had been able to rely on the “hipster-proof fence” – the different demographics north of Bell Street – “to hold the line”.
“The seat’s Muslim population are concentrated in this region, which represents untapped territory for Greens’ gains,” Jacobs said.
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