Location: Japanese suburbs of Melbourne, like Hawthorn and Kew
Held by: Josh Frydenberg (Liberal Occasion)
Major Opponent: Monique Ryan (Impartial)
Margin: 6.4%
Profile: Kooyong is a blue-ribbon seat that has been held by the Liberal Occasion since its inception. Robert Menzies held the seat of Kooyong for 32 years; he was Prime Minister for 58 of these.
Since 2010 the seat has been held by Josh Frydenberg. As a younger grownup, Josh briefly thought of changing into an expert tennis participant, however joined the Liberal Occasion after getting uninterested in being known as out for all his faults. Nothing has been his fault since.
Frydenberg shortly rose up the ranks, changing into Treasurer in 2018. In 2022 he misplaced $60 billion, however who, hand on coronary heart, can say they haven’t accomplished that earlier than? To his credit score, Frydenberg later apologised for the miscalculation and stated the $60 billion could be break up evenly between all 248 million Australians.
On the final election Frydenberg argued strongly towards abolishing unfavorable gearing, mentioning that most people in his voters who use unfavorable gearing have a taxable earnings of lower than $10 and personal simply 14 homes.
This 12 months Frydenberg is up towards ‘teal unbiased’ candidate Monique Ryan. A former paediatric specialist, Ryan determined to change to federal politics as a result of she wished to spend much more time working with youngsters.
The Liberal Occasion has inspired voters to maintain Josh Frydenberg this election on the compelling argument that ‘Kooyong belongs to the Liberal Occasion’. If it loses it’ll make a Mabo land declare as conventional homeowners of the voters.
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