Wendy Tuckerman says she is very proud after holding on to the seat of Goulburn in 'really difficult' circumstances.
abc.net.au/news/liberal-retain-goulburn/102171110Six days after the New South Wales election, ABC election analyst Antony Green is projecting the Liberal party will hold the hotly contested seat of Goulburn despite a statewide swing to Labor.The Liberal party is projected to retain the marginal seat of Goulburn despite a 5.
As postal votes come in, Mr Green said Ms Tuckerman is around 400 votes ahead on 50.5 per cent and will increase her lead on tomorrow's postal vote count."From every angle it looks like we have retained the seat, so I am really pleased and honoured to continue in my role as the member for Goulburn and representing all people in the electorate," she said.She secured a margin of 3.
The electorate covers all the communities along the Hume Highway from Berrima to Yass, with the largest centre being Goulburn, and stretches north to include the Southern Highland communities of Moss Vale and Robertson in Wingecarribee Shire.notes "Liberal MP Wendy Tuckerman leads Labor's Michael Pilbrow by just over 400 votes using a preferences estimate to include the declaration votes counted on Thursday.
"You would have noticed in the video that I actually hesitated; I should not have answered the question because there were two parts to the question."The campaign was also impacted by court ruling about noise that forced the closure of the Wakefield Park speedway. The raceway has been closed indefinitely since the start of September 2022 after a Land and Environment Court ruling which imposed tighter noise limits on a venue.However in the final week of the campaign, Ms Tuckerman said a re-elected Perrottet government would provide $5 million to the new owners to help reopen the facilities.Locals raised serious concerns about plans for the Woodlawn Advanced Energy Recovery Centre as part of the NSW government's waste strategy.
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