What the abolishment of the Melbourne seat of Higgins means (and why it’s left one expert surprised)

The Australian Electoral Commission has announced the electoral seat of Higgins will be abolished at the next election with Western Australia to gain a seat in Perth’s outer east.

Director of the Redbridge Group, Kos Samaras says Victoria losing a seat was not surprising but he was expecting it to be a different seat.

“In terms of where that loss was going to occur, it was always going to be in that part of Melbourne,” he told Jacqui Felgate.

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