‘Tough Fight’: By-election Campaign Enters Final Week

A person puts their vote into a ballot box at a polling centre at St Kilda Primary school in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 14, 2023. A referendum for Australians to decide on an indigenous voice to parliament was held on Oct. 14, 2023 and compelled all Australians to vote by law. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images

Candidates in a federal by-election are making their final pitches to voters as the government gears up for its first major ballot-box litmus test.

The Dunkley electorate, located in Melbourne’s southeast will go to a by-election on March 2 after Labor MP Peta Murphy died in December following a battle with breast cancer.