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While Anthony Albanese has secured a second term as in a landslide victory for Labor on Saturday, some races have not been called yet.
The Melbourne seat of Goldstein is expected to be won by Liberal Tim Wilson, according to polling group Redbridge, after a close contest with incumbent teal MP Zoe Daniel.
Simon Welsh, director of political research and polling firm Redbridge, said Goldstein was different to some of the other teal seats in that it had more middle-class aspirational voters.
Think “tradies done good”, he said.

“So it was always problematic for that reason,” he said.

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Liberal candidate Tim Wilson is projected to win the Melbourne seat of Goldstein, Redbridge analysts say. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas

“It doesn’t have that typical teal mix of progressive, urban, older middle class and younger people coming in,” he said, but noted the electorate of Curtin also didn’t have this demographic mix and independent Kate Chaney had still done well.

“I think you can’t talk about Goldstein without talking about the Jewish community,” he said.
“There were parts of that community actively campaigning against [Zoe Daniel].”
Redbridge also called the seat of Wills for the Labor Party’s Peter Khalil, after a close contest with Greens candidate Samantha Ratnam.

However, there are still several seats which have not yet been called — these are the ones to watch in the coming days.

Bradfield

In Bradfield in Sydney’s north, Liberal Gisele Kapterian and independent Nicolette Boele have been battling in an extremely tight race.

Kapterian is currently ahead of Boele by a slim margin of 54 votes.

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Independent Nicolette Boele is caught in a tight race for the seat of Bradfield in Sydney’s north. Source: AAP / Dan Himbrechts

Bullwinkel

In Bullwinkel, which spans Perth’s outer eastern suburbs and rural areas east of the West Australian capital, the Liberals’ Matt Moran is leading Labor’s Trish Cook by just 47 votes.

Bean

In the ACT seat of Bean, the result is still not known between independent Jessie Price and Labor’s David Smith.

Smith currently leads with 51.62 per cent of the vote to Price’s 48.38 per cent on a two-candidate-preferred basis.

Bendigo

In the Victorian electorate of Bendigo, the Nationals’ Andrew Lethlean is leading Labor’s Lisa Chesters 52.89 per cent to 47.11 on a two-candidate-preferred basis.

Calwell

In Melbourne’s outer north-west, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) does not currently have a two-candidate-preferred count.

However, Labor’s Basem Adbo picked up 30.62 per cent of the primary vote and Liberal Usman Ghani took 15.62 per cent.

Flinders

In Flinders on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, the AEC does not have a two-candidate-preferred count.

Liberal incumbent Zoe McKenzie picked up 41.16 per cent of the first preference count, while independent Ben Smith and Labor’s Sarah Race each picked up around 20 per cent of the count.

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Liberal member for Flinders Zoe McKenzie picked up over 40 per cent of the first preference count. Source: AAP / Mick Tsikas

Fremantle

In the West Australian seat, independent Kate Hulett and Labor’s Josh Wilson are caught in a tight race with 78 votes currently separating the two.

Kooyong

In Melbourne’s inner east, independent incumbent Monique Ryan has a slim edge over Liberal Amelia Hamer.

Ryan is leading the two-candidate preferred count at 50.52 per cent to 49.48 per cent.

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Independent Monique Ryan is fighting to retain her seat of Kooyong. Source: AAP / Diego Fedele

Longman

Between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast, LNP candidate Terry Young is currently leading Labor’s Rhiannyn Douglas 50.19 per cent to 49.81 per cent on a two-candidate-preferred basis.

Melbourne

In the Victorian seat, Adam Bandt is trailing Labor’s Sarah Witty.

Witty is currently leading 54 per cent to Bandt’s 46 per cent on a two-candidate-preferred, basis following an extraordinary swing against the Greens leader.

Menzies

In the Victorian seat, Labor’s Gabriel Ng leads Liberal Keith Wolahan by a tight margin.

Ng currently has 50.76 per cent to Wolahan’s 49.24 per cent on a two-candidate-preferred basis.

Monash

The AEC does not currently have a two-candidate-preferred count in the Victorian seat.

However, Liberal Mary Aldred picked up 32.26 per cent of the first preference count.

Ryan

The Queensland seat does not have a two-candidate-preferred count currently.
LNP candidate Maggie Forrest picked up 35.17 per cent of the first preference count.
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