The seat of Sturt in South Australia is Labor’s great white whale. “We’ve been winning Sturt for about 35 years,” one veteran campaign strategist laughed when I asked about the party’s chances this time around. Needless to say Labor has not won Sturt in the past 35 years, nor since 1972 for that matter. And yet it always remains tantalisingly within reach, and never more so than at this election. WATCH NOW: Turnbull mocks Trump with Chii-naa impersonation It is held by the Liberal Party by just 0.5 per cent after Labor shaved 6.5 per cent off the margin in 2022, it is the only Adelaide seat currently held by the Libs, and it is the only seat that Labor has a chance of winning off the Coalition. Green dreams according to Warren Brown In terms of targets they don’t get any bigger or more attractive than that. But just because something’s big doesn’t mean it’s easy to catch — just ask Captain Ahab. Still, a good captain never gives up and so Anthony Albanese was back in Sturt today with SA Premier Peter Malinauskas and a bucketful of dreams. CLICK HERE FOR JOE HILDEBRAND'S FULL ANALYSIS |