Bennelong on a knife-edge as redistribution and diversity redraw the electoral map

Federal Elections 2025: Get to know your Warringah and Mackellar candidates plus where to vote early on the Northern Beaches - Manly Observer

On 3 May 2025, registered voters will be electing a new electorate representative to speak on their behalf in the House of Representatives. Within this article, we will be introducing Mackellar and Warringah voters to their respective candidates.

Education Minister’s western Sydney seat to be test for Labor

Education Minister Jason Clare's seat of Blaxland is considered safe, but the impacts of western Sydney's "melting pot" population on this election remains to be seen. ABC chief election analyst Antony Green says Blaxland is a very safe Labor seat; Jason Clare held it with a 14.7 per cent margin at the 2022 election. Western Sydney is traditionally Labor heartland – and working voters have been loyal to the party – but it has been named a battle…

Bennelong on a knife-edge as redistribution and diversity redraw the electoral map

Bennelong, a federal electorate in New South Wales, covers Sydney’s northern suburbs, including Ryde, Eastwood, Epping, Marsfield and parts of Macquarie Park. It is shaping up to be one of the most contested seats in the 2025 federal election. Held by Labor’s Jerome Laxale with a paper-thin margin of 0.04%, the seat is now notionally Liberal following redistribution. Changing boundaries and voter profiles have added new heat to the contest, draw…