Independent MP Kylea Tink’s electorate of North Sydney to be abolished under AEC proposal

Kylea Tink, the MP for North Sydney. Her electorate would be abolished under new electoral boundaries proposed by the Australian Electoral Commission on Friday. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The Australian Electoral Commission has recommended one of the country’s oldest electorates, North Sydney, be abolished in a boundary shake-up that could have far-reaching consequences for the major parties.

After reviewing population changes and submissions, the AEC has released its draft proposal for New South Wales’s new electoral boundaries, recommending the federation seat currently held by independent MP Kylea Tink be abolished.