Australian election: Tony Abbott loses his Warringah seat to Zali Steggall
by Anne Davies from Environment | The Guardian on (#4FCXQ)
Independent knocks former PM out of parliament with pro-climate action campaign
One of the Liberals' leading conservatives and Australia's 28th prime minister, Tony Abbott, has lost his blue-ribbon Sydney seat of Warringah after moderate Liberal voters abandoned him in protest at the role he played in opposing climate change action.
Abbott lost to the independent candidate and Olympian Zali Steggall, with thecount showing she was likely to win almost 60% of the vote on a two-party-preferred basis.
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