Goodbye, North Sydney: Electorate Disappears Under Redrawn Boundaries

Published on September 12, 2024

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has redrawn federal electorates for New South Wales, leaving independent ‘Teal’ MP Kylea Tink without a seat. The total number of seats has been reduced by one, to 46, and based on the traditional two-party preferred results, Labor will lose a seat, dropping to 26, while the Coalition remains at 20. The number of independents will drop from five to four. North Sydney has been divided between the re-drawn seats of Bennelong, Bradfield, and Warringah. This change makes the neighbouring seat of Bennelong from being a Labor marginal to a very marginal Liberal seat, which could strengthen the chances of independent Allegra Spender....

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