Comment: Labor's stadium lies are the new 'Mediscare', writes Liberal Senate candidate Andrew Bragg.
Like all Australian elections, the NSW campaign features the usual combatants competing on a lopsided playing field. Three big challenges for the Coalition are emerging for the last two weeks of the campaign.
Union operatives on the ground will appear in every suburb in every marginal seat over the next fortnight which provides an extraordinary physical campaign edge. The Liberal Party generally campaigns on its own. Occasionally there is support on single issues from third-party groups such as business associations, but it is never as directly political or as well resourced as union efforts for Labor.
The scale of the transformation is unparalleled. We are months away from the North West Metro commencing. West Connex is starting to bear fruit with the M4 East tunnel due to open within weeks. North Connex is on the way, light rail is coming and a slew of regional projects will ensure the bush gets its share.
As the Treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, said at the campaign launch on Sunday, Labor leader Michael Daley thinks the biggest issue in NSW is whether to refurbish or rebuild a stadium. It is not.
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