Election Diary: Labor breaks practice of preferencing Greens to protect Jewish MP Josh Burns
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
It takes a bit for Labor not to preference the Greens but on Friday it was announced that in the Melbourne seat of Macnamara, where Jewish MP Josh Burns is embattled, the ALP will run an open ticket.
Macnamara, which includes the suburbs of Balaclava, Albert Park and South Melbourne, has the second largest Jewish constituency – 10% of voters...
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