Eden-Monaro poll shock

October 27, 2007, 6:53pm, 231 views,  Leave a Comment

The Canberra Times has reported poll results which suggest a comfortable Labor victory in the south-eastern NSW seat of Eden-Monaro. The two-party preferred vote is recorded as 56-44 in Labor’s favor.

Eden-Monaro is regarded as a litmus test for any election. The seat is generally won by the governing party.

I was working as editor of the Eden Magnet (an attractive paper) in 1996 when Liberal Gary Nairn won the seat from Labor maverick Jim Snow.

Jim was a lovely bloke who suffered the loss of timber worker support because of Paul Keating’s opposition to woodchipping. I spoke to Jim before the election and he seriously thought about becoming an independent like his mate Graeme Campbell, from Kalgoorlie.  Read more