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Behind the Lines

Fresh Air

Dave Sharma and Trent Zimmerman look on as women line up for a balloon from an 'Independent campaign assistance' sign. Women float on balloons. There's a 'Fresh air' canister. Text above the men says, 'I don't know what's in that tank, but I don't like it.'

Megan Herbert
21 February 2022

Megan Herbert suggests change is in the air for Liberal moderates Trent Zimmerman and Dave Sharma, who held the Sydney seats of North Sydney and Wentworth respectively. Herbert’s women candidates take flight thanks to a breath of ‘fresh air’ (climate action), community engagement and qualities such as honesty and integrity. Zimmerman and Sharma both lost their seats to ‘teal independents’ in the election. 

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