Labor Leader Anthony Albanese Denies Blue Collar Votes ‘Collapsing’

Labor Leader Anthony Albanese Denies Blue Collar Votes ‘Collapsing’
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese speaks at a news conference after a tour of the Kwinana Nickel Refinery on March 4, 2021 in Kwinana, Australia. Richard Wainwright-Pool/Getty Images
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Australia’s national Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has rejected suggestions that blue-collar workers have turned their backs on the Labor party following a loss in the Upper Hunter byelection over the weekend.

This comes as Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon warned that Labor’s primary vote in regions like the Upper Hunter had “collapsed to existential levels” and that its brand as the blue-collar party was in jeopardy.

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