Steph Ryan’s new country property is stunning, a rural idyll with sweeping views across rolling paddocks in a quiet pocket just outside of Avenel, right at the heart of the National Party's seat of Euroa.
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| When Steph Ryan was elected to the Victorian Parliament, aged just 28, she was hailed as a breath of fresh air for the Nationals. |
But the prospects of the party Ryan is expected to lead in coming years are not so pretty, with the Nationals struggling to maintain the position they have enjoyed for a century as the dominant force in regional Australian politics.
When Ryan was elected to the Victorian Parliament aged just 28, she was hailed as a breath of fresh air for the Nationals and their blokey, old-fashioned image.
It was 2014 and Victoria's Coalition government had just been booted out after only one term. In that election, the Nationals lost two seats, went backwards in their primary vote and suffered swings in almost all their electorates.
Read the story from The Age by Sumeyya Ilanbey - “Victoria’s Nationals face an uphill battle. Is Steph Ryan the answer?”
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