[2] By 19 January 2018, Feeney remained unable to produce any documents from British or Irish authorities that he had undertaken to renounce his citizenship and entitlements.

[3] The High Court granted Feeney's legal team an extension to 1 February to allow them to continue searching for the relevant documents.

[3] At a press conference on 1 February 2018, Feeney announced he would resign from the seat and from politics effective immediately, choosing not to stand as a candidate at the by-election.

[8] The Greens vote had been noted as being particularly strong south of Bell Street, Reservoir, which formed the so-called "hipster-proof fence" or "quinoa curtain".

[12][13] In December 2017, Shorten contacted president of the Australian Conservation Foundation Geoff Cousins to seek advice about how Labor could change its policy on Adani without sovereign risk.

In an interview on the ABC's 7.30 program, Shorten discussed the tours and stated he was personally opposed to the mine and would seek to change the party's position on the project.

[15] The Australian Conservation Foundation distributed material stating only the Greens would "stop Adani's mine from going ahead", and Activist group GetUp!

[16][17] Other issues that featured in the campaigning were Labor's proposed reforms to dividend imputation (franking credits), with Kearney and Shorten holding a town hall discussing the policy.

[24] Kearney's campaign received the personal endorsement of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who wrote a letter that was distributed to 36,000 houses within the electorate.

[25] Kearney's candidacy was also endorsed by EMILY's List Australia, a Labor-aligned organisation that advocates for representation of women in parliament.

[47] Both Bhathal and Greens leader Richard Di Natale stated on election night that Labor's use of "big money" had significantly contributed to Kearney's victory.

At the 2018 Victorian state election, the electoral district of Northcote was unexpectedly won by Labor's Kat Theophanous from the Greens' Lidia Thorpe.

[59] She ran against Darebin Mayor Sussane Newton, one of the four Greens councillors who tried to remove Bhathal as the candidate for Batman in 2018.

[60] The Liberal party signalled a lack of interest in the results, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison dismissing any implications for Labor's broader electoral success.

[65] An episode of Tonightly with Tom Ballard that aired during the campaign caused controversy by referring to the electorate's namesake John Batman and Australian Conservatives candidate Kevin Bailey as "cunts".