Current Affairs: John Hewson urging Wentworth voters vote for independent

A former Liberal Party leader is urging voters in Malcolm Turnbull’s former seat of Wentworth to register what he's calling a protest vote in the upcoming by-election. Dr John Hewson, who held Wentworth from 1987 to 1995, is urging Liberal voters to send a message to the government over its inaction on climate change and to vote for an indepedent instead.

John Hewson says the Wentworth by-election should be a referendum on climate change. (AAP) Source: AAP