Sydney teal seat to be abolished under redistribution
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The news: Teal independent Kylea Tink’s seat of North Sydney will be abolished at the next election, under a redistribution announced by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).
The context: North Sydney was one of three Liberal-held Sydney seats to fall to teal independents at the 2022 election. Tink wrested the seat off moderate Liberal MP Trent Zimmerman, targeting the Coalition over its approach to climate change and women.
The AEC announces seat redistributions to mirror changes in population, and NSW has long been set to lose an electorate. There had been speculation that two seats in Sydney’s east could be scrapped, with another added in western Sydney, where there is stronger population growth.
Last month, the AEC abolished the Melbourne seat of Higgins and added another in WA.
Tink won North Sydney with a massive 12.2% swing. It had been held by the Liberal Party, including by treasurer Joe Hockey, since 1996.
The source: Federal Register of Legislation
