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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos

A new dynamic in Goldstein: teal turbulence sweeps wealthy Melbourne seat

Zoe Daniel Scott Morrison Tim Wilson Ellen Smith Labor Melbourne Charlie Moore Anthony Albanese Australia Brighton
The coloured bathing boxes of Brighton in the federal seat of Goldstein.
The bathing boxes of Brighton in the federal seat of Goldstein. Support for the Liberal party is highest near the beach, while Labor gets more votes inland. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Driving down Beach Road, it quickly becomes apparent the race in Goldstein – one of the Liberal party’s safest Melbourne seats for more than 120 years – is tight.

Attached to the beachfront mansions, there are dozens of signs spruiking the economic credentials of the incumbent, Tim Wilson – some recently cleaned of vandalism – and just as many of Zoe Daniel, the former ABC journalist running as an independent.

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