The former Labor frontbencher says the primary reason for her shock loss was simmering anger over COVID-19 lockdowns,not doubt about her local credentials.
Whoever the new Australian ambassador in Washington will be,they could be a welcome change for staff based there.
The two candidates both attracted considerable blowback during the election campaign,but one emerged victorious while the other crashed out of parliament.
Lack of virtue,or just a cover-up?
Labor’s ham-fisted campaign to get Kristina Keneally elected revealed a disturbing lack of understanding of the cultural complexities in Fowler.
Instead of being a senior cabinet minister in an Albanese government,Keneally finds herself in the political wilderness and facing unemployment.
Deputy leader Richard Marles says Labor is hopeful it will secure a majority government,while frontbenchers Kristina Keneally and Terri Butler are likely to lose their seats.
While shocked by the result in the once-safe seat of Fowler,Labor was celebrating picking up the Liberal-held seat of Reid and holding on in Parramatta.
The Coalition has been repeatedly trying to insert border security into the election campaign.
What should have been an easy victory for Kristina Keneally has turned into one of the election’s most competitive,personal and dirty battles.
Critics swiftly refuted the PM’s claim,made while campaigning with Immigration Minister Alex Hawke,that the government could not issue visas to the family.