A former political journalist will run as an independent candidate in Victoria’s November election in the Liberal-held marginal seat of South-West Coast, in an attempt to leverage the “teal” wave that dislodged Coalition candidates at the federal election.
Carol Altmann, a Warrnambool-based independent journalist, will challenge lower house Liberal MP Roma Britnell, who holds the seat on a margin of 3.2%, after a redrawing of electoral boundaries.
