Federal election 2022: Minor parties eye off Hunter preference upset

Michael Parris
Updated April 27 2022 - 8:36am, first published 8:35am
NUMBERS GAME: Stuart Bonds chats with One Nation candidate Dale McNamara at last week's Hunter ballot draw. Picture: Jonathan Carroll
NUMBERS GAME: Stuart Bonds chats with One Nation candidate Dale McNamara at last week's Hunter ballot draw. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

The Nationals are working to head off a preference deal between minor parties which could eliminate the junior Coalition partner from the race to steal the Hunter electorate off Labor.

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Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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