Fiona Willan
Senior Reporter and Anchor at Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Senior Reporter for ABC News| Former Federal Politics Reporter (Nine Network) | Former Senior Reporter + Anchor (Sky News Aus) | All views + bad puns are my own
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Fiona Willan
There are 46 federal seats in NSW and about a third of them are marginal — making it a state to watch this election. From a tussle over historically blue-ribbon bastions to traditionally Labor-voting seats balanced on a knife edge, they're some of the electorates with the thinnest margins in the country. These are the seats to keep an eye on as results pour in over the coming days.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Fiona Willan
The Liberal Party candidate for the high-profile Western Sydney seat of Fowler has apologised for a series of offensive social media posts uncovered by ABC News. WARNING: This article contains racist and offensive language. Vivek Singha said he regretted multiple posts on social media, in which he used a derogatory term for Indigenous Australians and also took aim at federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek over a personal family matter.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Fiona Willan
An intensifying election battle is unfolding on Chinese social media apps — as the Liberals ramp up efforts to win back a crucial group of voters who abandoned the party at the 2022 election. Researchers monitoring Australian political advertising and campaigning on popular apps WeChat and RedNote have noticed a surge in activity by the major parties and independents in recent weeks. Want even more?
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Fiona Willan
Decades before Ken Henry became a household name in Canberra, he spent many of his days in the New South Wales bush. The former Treasury Department boss grew up on the Mid North Coast, where his father logged native forests as a worker in the timber industry. "On the weekends I would go out with my father and my brothers to places where he worked as a contractor," Dr Henry said. "We would talk to him about what he was doing and why he was doing it.
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4 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Fiona Willan
When David Lee moved to the seat of Werriwa more than 20 years ago, there was little to see in the suburb he now calls home. The father of two told ABC News much of his neighbourhood was previously farmland. "There was nothing out here," he said. "If you walk around today, it has completely changed.
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The Liberal candidate for Fowler made a quick exit from an early voting centre today after the ABC revealed he’d made multiple derogatory remarks on social media #auspol (PS - ok I’m willing to concede the hot pink umbrella was an impractical choice ☂️) https://t.co/tED742c1Ef
Exclusive: The Liberal candidate for Fowler has apologised after the ABC uncovered multiple social media posts using an offensive racial term and referring to domestic violence against Tanya Plibersek’s daughter #auspol https://t.co/wVtsMhmhco
I’m a longtime PK podcast listener, and now a first-time PK podcast talker. We had a chat about the battle for Western Sydney (plus some good eats in marginal seats) #auspol
https://t.co/QI4YhBOJdb
