The Age has named Hawthorn one of its 4 hot seats to watch this election! The Age says what we’ve known for months — that it’s a two horse race between Independent Shima Ibuki and a tired Liberal. Lib MP John Pesutto won Hawthorn by just over 1,500 votes in 2022. Since then he’s lost the Liberal leadership, lost a defamation case that cost him millions, and spent the last year and a half on the backbench. He’s hanging on by his fingernails. Hawthorn voters have a clear choice: a tired Liberal who’s spent his time fighting his own party, or an Independent whose spent that time delivering for Hawthorn as Deputy Mayor and Boroondara Councillor. All bets are off. Let’s make it count! #Shima4Hawthorn #Hawthorn #Independent #VictorianPolitics #SpringSt
