Twelve candidates will contest the 2015 Canning federal by-election, the Australian electoral commission (AEC) announced today. As well as the major parties including Liberal, Labor, Greens, Palmer United (PUP) and the Australian Christians a range of micro parties...
WA Labor has used the federal Canning by-election to announce it would open Armadale police station 24/7 if elected at the next state election. An all hours station was a controversial topic with police commissioner Karl O’Callaghan previously stating opening the...
Labor candidate for Canning Matt Keogh, 33, was banking on his local connection to the area and policies on employment and training as selling points in the upcoming by-election on September 19. Mr Keogh, the former WA law society president, grew up in the Kelmscott...
Canning Liberal candidate Andrew Hastie said infrastructure, crime, small business and mobile black spots had stood out to him as issues for Canning residents. He had already spoken to a number of people in the area and would speak to many more before the by-election...
Don’t be surprised if you get a knock on the door from one of Australia’s most powerful women Foreign Minister Julie Bishop soon. The seasoned campaigner is helping Liberal recruit Andrew Hastie in his mission to take over from where Don Randall left off as Member for...
