Labor candidate for Reid Sam Crosby and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten campaigning at Rhodes train station.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
The relatively low proportion of pre-poll votes is likely attributable to a lack of convenient polling stations. There is one dedicated booth in Reid,and two on the fringes shared with other electorates.
The lack of pre-poll votes means the fate of the electorate remains vulnerable to late swings in momentum,and comes despite both sides of politics showering attention on the seat,vacated by Liberal Craig Laundy.
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Labor’s Sam Crosby,a former state and federal government staffer,has been campaigning for over a year.
He is up against Fiona Martin – a child psychologist and first-time candidate,pre-selected only last month after Mr Laundy pulled out.
Mr Crosby has nominated a lack of services for the area’s development as a pivotal issue. By contrast,Dr Martin said the area's central concern was the economy,as well as Labor’s proposed changes to property and investment taxes.
“We've already had a huge amount of growth and then you've had the state government slate another 50,000 homes for Rhodes,Wentworth Point,Homebush,Olympic Park and Lidcombe,” said Mr Crosby who,prior to running for Reid,was the executive director of the Labor-aligned think tank,the McKell Institute.