Commentary The New South Wales (NSW) election involved a decisive shift to the left, but not to the Australian Labor Party (ALP), who appears to have scraped home with perhaps a four-seat majority with 54.3 percent of the two-party preferred vote. This is comfortable but certainly not huge. The centre-right Liberal-National Coalition lost more ground…
Here Are the Key Seats That Helped Labor Claim Victory in the NSW Election
Labor has secured a clear victory over the Coalition in Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), having enough seats in the lower house to form a majority government for the first time in 12 years. Overall, Labor snatched 10 seats from the Liberals, while there were no Labor seats that fell into the Liberals’…
Former PM Rallies Liberals as Parties Target Western Sydney
Former prime minister John Howard will help the Liberals rally the party faithful in the western Sydney marginal seat of Penrith as parties make their final pushes for votes ahead of polling day. The scheduled appearance on Sunday will be Howard’s second outing in Penrith, coming a few days after he campaigned with Stuart Ayres, who holds the…
Perrottet or Minns? Seven Key Issues in the New South Wales Election
It’s only 10 days left before New South Wales (NSW) voters head to the polling booths, and the race is tightening. The Perrottet centre-right Coalition government is urging voters to “Keep NSW moving forward” spruiking big infrastructure projects and massive funding for education, which they believe will continue to successfully deliver the state’s post-pandemic economic…
Perrottet or Minns? 7 Key Issues in Upcoming New South Wales Election
It’s only 10 days left before New South Wales (NSW) voters head to the polling booths, and the race is tightening. The Perrottet centre-right Coalition government is urging voters to “Keep NSW moving forward” spruiking big infrastructure projects and massive funding for education, which they believe will continue to successfully deliver the state’s post-pandemic economic…
Last Major Liberal Stronghold Set to Topple
Commentary At the moment it is almost certain the centre-right Liberal-National Coalition will lose this month’s New South Wales state election. The question is what party or combination of parties will form the next government. There are a lot of factors at work. The Coalition has now been in power for 12 years, longer than…
New South Wales Liberals to Seed $400 Future Accounts for Children
Premier Dominic Perrottet has used a Liberal Party campaign launch to promise a major investment in the future of young people. If it wins the next election, the coalition will create savings funds for young people to spend exclusively on housing and education when they turn 18. Perrottet called it the most significant financial security…
New South Wales Election Renews Debates on Privatisation of Public Assets
The New South Wales (NSW) state election is heating up, with politicians from the incumbent government and the opposition party butting heads over the privatisation of state-owned assets. On March 9, NSW Treasurer Matt Kean rebutted Labor’s allegations that the state’s residents had to bear higher energy costs due to the privatisation of electricity distribution…
No-grounds Evictions to Be Banned in NSW
It will soon be illegal for landlords to kick tenants out of their homes at the end of their leases without reason in a major win for New South Wales’ (NSW) struggling renters. The shift to a “reasonable grounds” model for evictions comes as the Perrottet government matches many of Labor’s rental commitments, cementing change…
Renters Make up Half of Western Sydney’s Marginal Seats
The vast majority of renters in New South Wales (NSW) want minimum energy-efficiency standards and easier access to solar power. A YouGov poll published on Tuesday comes as tenants’ advocates point out 45 percent of voters in the election battleground of western Sydney are renters. When asked if they trusted the coalition or Labor to…
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