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Abbott's loss in Warringah shows voters rejecting an out-of-touch candidate and a nasty style of politics

  • Written by Stewart Jackson, Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
Abbott's loss in Warringah shows voters rejecting an out-of-touch candidate and a nasty style of politicsTony Abbott, with wife Margie, concedes defeat in Warringah.AAP/Bianca de Marchi

On election night 2019, as Australia voted to return the Liberal-National Party government of Scott Morrison, one seat defied the trend – Warringah. Tony Abbott, former prime minster, Howard-era minister, pugilist and would-be priest, had lost this Liberal...

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