State of the states: New South Wales and the issues resounding in bellwether seats

Authors

Gregory C. Melleuish, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

107857

Publication Details

Melleuish, G. (2016). State of the states: New South Wales and the issues resounding in bellwether seats. The Conversation, 14 June 1-3.

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Abstract

Elections in Australia tend to be won and lost in regional and outer suburban areas, often including semi-rural areas. This is certainly the case in New South Wales, which has a good number of such seats, both surrounding Sydney and up and down the coast.