Anthony Albanese appeals to western Sydney amid Muslim voting campaigns on Gaza war
by Daniel Hurst and Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6P4P4)
The seats of Blaxland and Watson have higher percentages of Muslim voters than Labor's 2022 winning margin
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Anthony Albanese has appealed to voters in Labor's heartland seats in western Sydney not to dump the party over the war in Gaza, insisting his MPs are working hard to deliver" practical improvements.
The leader of the house, Tony Burke, and the education minister, Jason Clare, are among the Labor MPs considered to be vulnerable to campaigns run by new groups known as The Muslim Vote and Muslim Votes Matter.
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