Good morning. It’s crunch time for politicians on the home stretch of campaigning to sway undecided voters. And the US is reeling from a weekend of gun violence, with a refocus on the rhetoric pushing extremism and access to deadly weapons.
The Labor frontbencher Penny Wong is being deployed to campaign in Liberal-held seats where voters are dissatisfied with Scott Morrison and there is a lack of teal independent to back. Strategists say Labor’s internal polling points to opportunity in four Liberal-held seats – Brisbane and Ryan in Queensland, Bennelong in Sydney and Higgins in Victoria. A new poll has predicted the independent Allegra Spender is on track to take the seat of Wentworth in Sydney’s east from the Liberal MP, Dave Sharma, based on preference flows. And in the seat of Groom, which has been held by conservatives since federation, Labor and independent candidates are shaking up the race.
