While the results of the 2024 Pittwater State by-election won’t be official until early November, credible sources are calling Teal Independent, Jacqui Scruby, as the winner as she takes a significant lead. It is only the second time in history that the Northern Beaches electorate has turned its back on the Liberal Party. The first was in 2005 with Independent candidate Alex McTaggart, the then-Mayor of Pittwater). As of the evening of Saturday 19 October, with 100 per cent of formal votes counted, Scruby was in the lead with 53.69 per cent, while Liberal candidate, Georgia Ryburn trailed behind at 42.44 per cent (and Libertarian candidate Doug Rennie at 3.88 per cent). Neither Greens nor Labor put forward a candidate for this by-election. “I’ve been here before,...