Their fingers were crossed. There were whispers of hope. But few in Labor dared to think big;the wounds from the night of the 2019 federal election still fester.
With wall-to-wall Labor premiers on the mainland,expect some of them to get feral.
A lot of bargaining will begin if voting results in a hung parliament. How does a minority government work? And who would be holding the cards?
From the cost of living to climate change,voters at four Sydney polling booths reveal the issues that concern them.
The Labor leader had previously spoken about his second son wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with Dominic Perrottet’s name to bed.
On his final day of the campaign,Dominic Perrottet began his morning at his safest-possible voting booth,before heading to the most marginal.
A handful of crossbench MPs could deliver Chris Minns a minority Labor government. Here’s what they want in return.
Gladys Berejiklian realised four years ago that it would be wise to woo the crossbench. History is repeating,with the election poised to be decided by independents.
The government was dealt an embarrassing blow on the eve of the election as Premier Dominic Perrottet and Labor leader Chris Minns raced across Sydney.
Cashless hokey pokies,Barilaro “plum New York posting” jam and Dominic pear-o-tarts are on offer,and one booth has ditched the democracy sausage completely.
Liberal MP Stuart Ayres is hoping that his commitment to a new stadium for the Panthers will get him over the line on Saturday.