The NSW government has suffered significant early swings against it on a “Super Saturday” of four byelections and was poised to lose a seat.
and was poised to lose a seat, plunging it further into minority government in an early judgment of Premier Dominic Perrottet’s management of the pandemic.
In Monaro, which is centred on Canberra’s satellite city of Queanbeyan and the Snowy Mountains, the Nationals Nichole Overall appeared to have fended off Labor’s Bryce Wilson despite an 8 per cent swing against the government. NSW deputy Labor leader Prue Car told the ABC the early indications were a swing to Labor on the night and a judgment on Mr Perrottet, who has been premier for just four months.
The seat was ravaged by bushfire two years ago, with reconstruction proceeding slowly, while the seats demographics are changing as retirees from Canberra move into the area. Ms McKay took the opportunity to wrap up her political career after resigning as opposition leader earlier in 2021 following a Labor byelection loss.Going into the byelections, Willoughby was held on a margin of 21 per cent, Monaro 11.6 per cent and Bega 6.9 per cent. Labor held Strathfield by 5 per cent.
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