A Win Is a Win, Regardless of the Swing

Commentary Participation awards are those lame awards that ensure every participant walks away with something in their hand. The Dunkley by-election result delivered a similar result for the two major parties. The hapless Greens, whilst participating, suffered a substantial decrease in voter support. To the victor the spoils and there is no doubt that Labor won the seat of Dunkley with a degree of reserve in the margin despite a sizeable swing. A win is a win and Labor’s Jodie Belyea goes to Canberra as the popularly elected member. On any assessment, this is a good result for Labor’s public relations machine which will simply chalk up the result as another win and “nothing to be seen here” mantra....