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As the NSW election looms, the Perrottet government is showing signs of having been in office too long. But that’s not to say Labor will romp home.
A recent NSW Resolve poll gave Labor 43% of the primary vote, and the Coalition just 30%, though the major party leaders were tied for preferred premier.
Victoria goes to the polls in November, and New South Wales in March. The Liberals – in opposition in Victoria, in government in NSW – could have a good deal to fear if the tide runs again for teals.
Labor will still be scarred from its loss in 2019, but this time it is much better placed, if it maintains discipline and plays to its strengths.
University of Canberra Professional Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics
Scott Morrison says that recalcitrant party members should leave things to the professionals, revealing his penchant for control as a standoff surrounding NSW preselection continues
Perrottet’s conservative Catholicism has been much commented on, but it’s his economic background that likely gives a greater insight into the kind of premier he might be.
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