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‘People are angry’: Liberals at risk of losing biggest SA electorate to One Nation

Sky News Australia

June 2, 2026

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Liberal MP for Grey Tom Venning responds to the Redbridge poll claiming if an election happened now, there is a 100 per cent probability the seat would be lost to One Nation. “Grey is an enormous electorate indeed; it’s bigger than the state of New South Wales, 30 local government areas in grey,” Mr Venning told Sky News host Steve Price. “People are angry, particularly regional South Australians; they’ve got a very bad deal from both their state and federal Labor Government, and I hear it every single day. “The election is two years away.”

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