Crikey today announces a news bureau, headed by staff reporter Charlie Lewis, to cover one of the biggest conflicts in recent Australian political history.
Coinciding with the launch of the federal election campaign, Crikey‘s Warringah Bureau will operate from the centre of Manly, at heart of the electoral war zone, and will cover the full, bloody campaign for Tony Abbott’s hotly contested federal electorate.
As bureau chief, Lewis will be responsible for providing balanced coverage of every aspect of the fight for Warringah: news, interviews, analysis and a frontline insider’s account of what is shaping up as a crucial flank in the government’s federal election battle.
“For good or, frequently, for ill, Tony Abbott is as influential a politician as this country has had in the past 10 years,” says Lewis.
“In 2019, he is facing the greatest danger of losing the seat he’s held for 25 years; the significance for the Liberal Party, and for Australian politics is huge. I’m thrilled to get the chance to chronicle the fight for Warringah.”
His first dispatch from Warringah will appear on Monday in Crikey.
Checking the facts this election
Alongside Lewis’ dispatches, the rest of the election campaign will rage on with all its claims and counter-claims.
To help Crikey readers sort through the muck, we’ve partnered with RMIT ABC Fact Check who expertly and thoroughly determine the accuracy of claims by politicians and public figures.
You can read more about their process here.
Rounding out Crikey‘s election coverage are our regular commentators Bernard Keane, Guy Rundle and Helen Razer along with resident psephologist William Bowe.
Could Charlie please let us know how many street libraries there are in the electorate of Warringah.
Haha love how Crikey says the Warringah coverage will be ‘balanced’. Then in the *very next paragraph* blithely reveal exactly how unbalanced the coverage will be. Why not just admit that you’ll be cheering for Abbott to lose? It’s nothing to be ashamed about. Be honest but don’t pretend to be balanced.
Telling the truth in no way indicates a lack of balance Les.
The whole country deserves a detailed account of how the mad monk got some of his just deserts.
I particularly look forward to the contribution to the spectacle that GetUp will make, and have just donated some more of my hard-earned to them to help in the process.
It will be richly rewarding to watch this force for evil in aussie politics humbled and despatched by a woman.
What desert is that – I think you mean Desserts !