This morning, McKew was in the office, helping her staff to find new jobs, but she’s not bitter about the result. “I don’t regret a minute of it. I loved doing the job locally and I loved working on public policy. It was a great thing to do.”
Bennelong
Bennelong: tired McKew fighting the polls
Yesterday was a pretty bad day for the Labor MP for Bennelong, Maxine McKew. Two new polls published in the major Sydney newspapers predict she will lose her seat on Saturday.
Bennelong despatch: yum cha and tears with Kevin Rudd
Losing the job of a lifetime is one thing, but following it up with an emergency gallbladder operation is bad luck, and Kevin Rudd looked like he had been through the wringer.
Bennelong dispatch: relevance takes a back seat in JA’s campaign
In the battle for Bennelong, Liberal candidate John Alexander was the star of a two and a half hour brain-bleeding session dominated by klutzy questions.
Liberals raid Bennelong
The battle for Bennelong might come down to some very local issues, with Liberals exploiting community resentment over social housing.
Talking the Town: Bennelong despatch: McKew serves it up to ‘good looking’ JA
Bennelong is one of the most ethnically diverse electorates in the country.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: A geography lesson for the Liberals
Found in my letterbox today a Liberal pamphlet spruiking Tony Abbott and ‘Bennelong is my second choice’ Liberal Candidate John Alexander. The set photo shot has the two of them pointing at a map of the Bennelong electorate.
Alexander and sacred Lib ground at Bennelong … tell it to the voters
“Welcome to the traditional owners of Bennelong, the Liberal Party!” Lib campaign manager Rod Bosman told a fundraising lunch last week. The problem is no one seems to have told the voters.
Kicked out of Community Cabinet, Crikey style
Comfort women, childrens’ sun hats, the Macksville Bridge, koala colonies and television for the blind. These were the sorts of questions asked at last night’s Community Cabinet, held in the assembly hall at Sydney’s Epping Boys High School.
Anyone for tennis?: Libs candidate John Alexander too busy for Bennelong
John Alexander, the Liberal candidate for the federal seat of Bennelong, apparently cannot speak to the media about his campaign because he is too busy commenting on the tennis.
Battle in Bennelong: the tennis player vs. the journo
John Howard’s old seat of Bennelong will become a high profile war at the next election, with John Alexander — former tennis pro — standing as a Lib candidate against the current MP Maxine McKew. Whose profile will get them over the line?
Advice for Arthur on winning back Bennelong
Some free advice for former Howard staffer Arthur Sinodinos on how to win back Bennelong for the Libs in 2010. For a start, keep Jackie Kelly’s husband away from the printer…
Costello: ‘Don’t leave your political run too late’
After Arthur Sinodinos handed him out some career advice last week, Peter Costello has returned the favour, with the suggestion that Sinodinos should run for John Howard’s old seat of Bennelong.
Julie Bishop – the circles are vulturing…
Joe Hockey and Andrew Robb are visting Malcolm Turnbull
Maxine may be special, but her victory wasn’t
The ABC is understandably proud that one of its own knocked off a sitting prime minister. Nonetheless, last night’s 7.30 Report was misleading in suggesting that Maxine McKew’s achievement was something out of the ordinary, writes Charles Richardson.
