boothby

Saturday, July 11

Boothby win pushes Morrison towards majority government

Labor’s conceding defeat in the battle for the crucial Adelaide seat of Boothby has helped propel Scott Morrison and the re-elected Coalition to expected majority government following Saturday’s surprise election result.

Labor concedes Boothby to Liberal Flint

Labor’s Nadia Clancy has conceded defeat in the battle for the Adelaide-based seat of Boothby with Liberal MP Nicolle Flint set to be returned to Canberra.

Photo: AAP/Mick Tsikas

Can Morrison swing the 'unwinnable' election?

While Bill Shorten has ditched the “small target” strategy adopted by opposition parties since Fightback cost John Hewson government in 1993, Scott Morrison has moved to shrug off the fractious Abbott/Turnbull years and position himself as a Liberal leader worthy of support, argues Haydon Manning

Morrison, Shorten focus on Boothby as election looms

Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten are both campaigning in the key Adelaide seat of Boothby today, hammering home their respective messages ahead of Saturday’s election.

RICHARDSON: Mum’s the word as News Corp’s own goal upends campaign

Labor weighed in on migration, the Premier was conspicuously absent and one of his ministers lurched from crisis to disaster. But, writes Tom Richardson, it was the Murdoch media that stole the spotlight for the wrong reasons in an eventful week in politics.

Labor targets Boothby as Libs seek challenger for Downer

An adviser to SA Labor frontbencher Katrine Hildyard is set to take on Nicolle Flint in the state’s only marginal federal seat, InDaily understands, as both major parties prepare the ground for a looming general election.

Old hands go up for Xenophon ticket

Two former independent candidates for state and federal parliament were among around a dozen attendees at the Nick Xenophon Team’s Annual General Meeting in Adelaide today, but the party leader himself was a no-show.