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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos and Tom McIlroy

Victorian Labor’s socialist left stakes claim to Mark Dreyfus’s federal seat of Isaacs in factional tussle

Former federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus in parliament
Labor’s socialist left faction wants the next available federal seat in Victoria, which could be Isaacs, the seat held by the right’s Mark Dreyfus. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Labor’s socialist left is moving to cement its dominance in Victoria, using renegotiations of the factions’ stability pact to push for the federal seat of Isaacs now held by Labor right member Mark Dreyfus.

It comes amid speculation that the former attorney general, who was dumped from cabinet in May, could resign before the next federal election.

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