From 1h agoKey events13m agoLabor set to hold Daniel Andrews’ former seat in Victoria despite swing2h agoJames Paterson spruiks terror framework after high court ruling on indefinite detention2h agoRoad infrastructure funding to double2h agoGood morningFilters BETAKey events (4)James Paterson (5)Gaza (4)Brisbane (3)Australia (3)Hamas (3)13m ago18.47 ESTLabor set to hold Daniel Andrews’ former seat in Victoria despite swing
Victorian Labor is set to retain Daniel Andrews’ seat of Mulgrave despite a significant swing against the government in the former premier’s seat.
With more than 75% of the vote counted, Dandenong mayor Eden Foster leads with more than 40% of the primary vote in Saturday’s by-election, which is down more than 10 percentage points from Andrews’ showing at last year’s state poll.
Among the nine candidates facing Foster, Liberal candidate Courtney Mann has 22% first-preference votes and high-profile independent Ian Cook has 19%.
Foster suffered a swing into the healthy 10.2% margin left by Andrews, who was the local member for more than 20 years.
Set to win Mulgrave: Eden Foster. Photograph: James Ross/AAP
Premier Jacinta Allan joined Foster and the Labor faithful to celebrate the result, but conceded “we knew it was going to a big fight” to retain the seat.
Among the challenges were issues such as cost of living pressures, but voters stuck with Labor because “they know that Labor delivers”.
The Liberals have conceded defeat for their candidate Courtney Mann.
– AAP
Updated at 18.54 EST35m ago18.24 EST
Queensland Muslims ask for police protection over far-right activist’s pro-Israel protest
Queensland Muslims say they are fearful and have requested police protection after a New Zealand far-right activist scheduled a pro-Israel protest for the same central Brisbane location – but an hour earlier – than a planned pro-Palestine rally on Sunday.
The “Anzacs” rally in Brisbane is being promoted by Brian Tamaki, who is the founder of Destiny Church and has a history of Islamophobic comments.
The location of the pro-Palestine protest has since been moved, prompting Tamaki’s website to boast “the Pro-Palestine/Hamas rally has retreated”.
Susan Al-Maani, a Palestinian woman and member of the Free Palestine movement, said she was worried about pro-Palestine activists showing up at the wrong location.
For more on this story, read the full report by the Guardian Australia’s Eden Gillespie:
Queensland Muslims ask for police protection over New Zealand far-right activist’s pro-Israel protestRead moreUpdated at 18.28 EST45m ago18.14 EST
With pro-Palestine rallies being held across Australian capitals for the sixth week running, here are the details of the planned protests for Sunday:
Sydney: 1pm at Hyde Park
Melbourne: 12pm at the State Library of Victoria
Perth: 12pm at Russell Square followed by a march via James Street to Perth cultural centre
Brisbane: 2pm at Queens Garden Park
Adelaide: 2pm outside…
2023-11-18 18:28:04
Original from www.theguardian.com
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