Battle for Warringah
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Tony Abbott
Advance Australia, the conservative GetUp!, comes to Tony Abbott's rescue
"The pace of change in Australia is not being supported by the mainstream voter," the group's founder, Gerard Benedet, says.
- by Max Koslowski
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Climate policy
Climate change top of voters' minds in NSW election
Most voters will consider climate change and environmental protection when deciding how to vote.
- by Alexandra Smith
Paris Agreement
Tony Abbott performs major backflip on withdrawing from Paris climate agreement
The former prime minister is under pressure from independent pro-climate action candidate in his Sydney seat of Warringah.
- by Nicole Hasham and David Crowe
Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott to recruit 20 interns to 'learn the art of political campaigning' in fight for Warringah
The former prime minister has announced a snap search for 20 interns to work for him over eight weeks and confirmed they will not be paid.
- by Michael Koziol
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Opinion
Why Warringah should send me back to Canberra
Only a die-hard Labor voter would want to deprive the Liberal Party of an effective political warrior.
- by Tony Abbott
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Liberal Party
'In the fight of my life': Abbott takes aim at 'negative, cashed-up' independents
The former PM opens up about the "basics" of politics and says his challengers "don’t know what they're for".
- by Michael Koziol
Tony Abbott
GetUp poll points to Abbott electoral defeat
Independent Zali Steggall is on track to replace the former prime minister as the MP for Warringah, according to a ReachTEL poll commissioned by GetUp.
- by Dana McCauley
Tony Abbott
GetUp to knock on 'every single door' in campaign to oust Tony Abbott from Warringah
The activist group says more than 500 volunteers will knock on all 64,000 doors of Tony Abbott's electorate to convince residents to vote him out.
- by Jenny Noyes
Opinion
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Why Tony Abbott will win Warringah
If Abbott can hold on now (with the political equivalent of the Spanish Armada amassing against him locally) he’ll have the seat for another decade.
- by John Ruddick
Tony Abbott
Warringah independents split on 'Liberal-aligned' newcomer Zali Steggall
Left-wing forces in Tony Abbott's seat are unsure whether to support a more progressive candidate, or throw their weight behind one likely to win over Warringah's crucial moderates.
- by Max Koslowski & Fergus Hunter
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Zali can take Warringah as I took Wentworth
The Independent who took the Liberal Party strong-hold in Sydney's eastern suburbs details the similarities in Zali Steggall's challenge to Tony Abbott in Warringah.
- by Kerryn Phelps