Liberal party should forego ‘entitled’ Kooyong voters, says their own state Liberal MP

Tim Smith, who is retiring in November, says Coalition needs to stop obsessing with the woke causes of inner-urban elites' and focus on suburbs

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The voters of Kooyong in Melbourne's east have been described as loud, entitled and privileged" - by their own state Liberal MP.

Victorian Liberal Tim Smith represents the state electorate of Kew, which overlaps the federal seat of Kooyong, where independent Monique Ryan defeated former treasurer Josh Frydenberg in Saturday's election.