Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Sign in
Search jobs
Search
The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian

Anywhere but Canberra

We talk to voters in some of the seats that will decide the 2022 federal election

19 May 2022

  • Alison Baker, owner of Alisons corner shop in Prahran

    Too little too late: voters turn on Morrison in affluent seat of Higgins

    The PM is on the nose in Melbourne’s inner east as voters cite inequality and pandemic failures – and a redistribution has put the Greens in a strong position

17 May 2022

  • Anywhere but Canberra series in the federal seat of Corangamite , which is a southern Victorian electorate. Australia. The Point Lonsdale lighthouse

    Bitter battle for every vote: can million-dollar promises bring a sea change to Corangamite?

    Nine candidates are vying for the Victorian seat lost to Labor in the last election and the Coalition is pulling out all stops to get it back

15 May 2022

  • Street in Reid/Parramatta

    Undecided, uninterested, unsure: major parties vie to flip long-held seats of Reid and Parramatta

    Scott Morrison’s name may be a negative in the marginal seats of the inner west, but that doesn’t necessarily translate into enthusiasm for Labor

14 May 2022

  • Gladys Liu and the Labor candidate, Carina Garland (in black) wait to greet early Chisholm voters at the Holy Family hall in Mount Waverley.

    Ultra-marginal Chisholm hopes for a milder ride, but scrabble for votes still intense

    Liberal Gladys Liu won the Melbourne eastern suburbs seat in a hugely contentious 2019 poll, and needs every vote she can muster to ward off Labor

13 May 2022

  • Unionists and their families march for Labour Day through Gladstone

    Coal not the only burning issue in Queensland’s blue collar seat of Flynn

    With the LNP MP retiring and Labor reeling from its 2019 collapse, One Nation and the United Australia party will have a big say in this central Queensland seat

11 May 2022

  • Anywhere but Canberra series in the Federal seat of Goldstein which is in Melbourne's south eastern suburbs. Australia. The Brighton bathing boxes.

    A new dynamic in Goldstein: teal turbulence sweeps wealthy Melbourne seat

    Small-l liberal voters in the inner-city electorate have seized on Zoe Daniel’s candidacy, while Tim Wilson battles his leader’s unpopularity

10 May 2022

  • A pedestrian crosses the street in Penrith

    ‘Only bad things’ in Lindsay: western Sydney voters remain deeply unimpressed

    Many Penrith residents are disengaged from politics, although their seat has consistently swung with the election winner

9 May 2022

  • View of Brisbane CBD from Red Hill

    With signs of floodwater still visible, the LNP’s hold on Brisbane may be in doubt

    Though floodwaters are front of mind for many voters the city’s demographic mix means no single party is assured of electoral victory

7 May 2022

  • Brighton Beach in the South Australian federal seat of Boothby for the 2022 federal election. Seat profiles, Federal election 2022. Election 2022. Photograph by Mike Bowers. Thursday 10th March 2022. Guardian Australia.

    Dissent and disaffection in the mega mansions and battler suburbs of Boothby

    Change is in the air in the blue-ribbon South Australian seat. Will the status quo prevail or will dissatisfaction with both major parties hand it to an independent?

3 May 2022

  • The federal Labor candidate for the Hunter electorate, Daniel Repacholi, in Cessnock

    In Hunter, where coal is king, a Labor heartland seat faces a strong Coalition challenge

    The ALP has held the NSW electorate at every election since 1910. But with seismic changes under way, the valley’s miners are eyeing the future with unease

1 May 2022

  • Paddleboats at the port of Echuca

    Victorian food-bowl seat up for grabs in three-way fight over water and jobs

    Irrigation issues dominate in Coalition-held Nicholls, the nation’s sixth-safest seat, with Liberals, Nationals and an independent all in the running

27 April 2022

  • Mandy Schultz on her strawberry and herb farm in the electorate of Longman, which is marginally held by the Liberal National party

    In kaleidoscopic Longman, the status quo is dead. Who will voters turn to?

    There is a diversity of views in this seat north of Brisbane. But some issues people care about are not on the radar of the major parties

25 April 2022

  • View of Perth skyline, Western Australia

    Why not both? Voters in two key WA seats doubtful about ‘Morrison plus McGowan’ deal

    Swan and Hasluck could be among the seats to fall if Labor gets a swing just one-third as big as Mark McGowan’s at state level

20 April 2022

  • Liberal member for Wentworth Dave Sharma and Allegra Spender, the daughter of late fashion icon and businesswoman Carla Zampatti. Spender is running against Sharma in the seat of Wentworth, Sydney, NSW.

    Wentworth climate showdown: is Allegra Spender the ‘new blood’ voters are looking for?

    Locals say the Coalition under Morrison is deeply unpopular. Liberal MP Dave Sharma is facing heat from another high-profile independent

18 April 2022

  • Fishers on Burnie jetty are dwarfed by mountains of woodchip ready for loading at the port in the Tasmanian seat of Braddon

    Bass and Braddon in the balance as Tasmanian voters excoriate Scott Morrison

    Few people we meet in these two marginal Liberal seats are negative about Labor leader Anthony Albanese – rather, he’s a bit of a mystery

14 April 2022

  • Independent Kate Chaney at Sculpture by the Sea at Cottesloe beach in Perth

    Could a climate of change eject the Liberals from the Perth blue-ribbon seat of Curtin?

    Julie Bishop’s former electorate in the city’s affluent western suburbs has been in conservative hands since its creation. An independent hopes to change that

10 April 2022

  • Locals (quiet Australians) sit around the Table Of Knowledge at the Shoalhaven Heads Hotel in Shoalhaven Heads. Gilmore electorate, pre-federal election coverage and Vox Pops, NSW, Australia.

    ‘There’s lots of anger still’: locals in key NSW seat of Gilmore remain split on Morrison

    Still reeling from the Black Summer bushfires, Gilmore is one of the few seats the Liberals could win off Labor but the PM is proving divisive
Explore more on these topics
  翻译：