Dominic Perrottet has neutralised the NSW Coalition’s greatest weakness and Labor’s big advantage by overtaking opposition leader Chris Minns in personal popularity.
Throughout the trials and tribulations, Perrottet sustained such good humour and common sense that voters overcame scepticism towards his overt Catholicism.Pivotally, his religion became perceived to be the basis of good public policy. The Bible declares “the love of money is the root of all evil”.
In NSW, where poker machines are regarded as a shameful blight on suburban and country life, there was almost universal respect for the way in which Perrottet challenged entrenched political power.has made pokies a signature issue of its election coverage. The newspaper reaches many of the Sydneysiders who voted for Simon Holmes à Court centrist independents in 2022.
The Freshwater poll suggests the teal tide is receding. Approval of Climate 200 – Holmes à Court’s candidate-finance vehicle – fell from 6 points to zero from October to February.At the same time, concerns about the environment fell from 27 per cent to 15 per cent. Whether this is because Treasurer Minister Matt Kean’s big interventions in energy markets have assuaged fears, or climate concerns displaced by inflation worries, is not clear.
NSW Labor leader Chris Minns and Labor MP Tanya Plibersek at the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras on Staurday night.The figures do suggest the NSW Liberal Party has less to worry about in the affluent inner-suburbs than Scott Morrison at the last federal election. There are 29 days until election day. The Labor Party is still ahead. Perrottet is giving the opposition a contest, though. He’s not an extremist, but he is a true believer, which is what the state seems to want right now.
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