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‘You shouldn’t be in survival mode’: Why this Sydney seat matters so much at this election

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade |Anthony Segaert

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. At Little India, a vibrant restaurant strip at Harris Park in the electorate of Parramatta, some local businesses are hedging their bets on the May 3 federal election. On the fence of Billu’s, a culinary landmark in the suburb for 25 years, hang corflute posters for both Labor member Andrew Charlton and his Liberal challenger Katie Mullens. Charlton’s corflute was there first.
From battlers to basket weavers: a guide to Australia’s voter types

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade

“It seems like they are making an informed decision,” she says. Even so, putting a precise figure on the share of genuine swing voters – those who regularly switch their ballot between parties – is tricky. John Black, a former Labor senator who is now executive chairman of demographic analysis firm Australian Development Strategies, estimates the proportion to be about one in four voters.
In Sydney’s west, division over Gaza action drives election debate

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Perry Duffin |Anthony Segaert |Matt Wade

By Perry Duffin, Anthony Segaert and Matt Wade March 31, 2025 — 5.58pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Stand4Palestine group gloats “cockroach” MPs have been chased out of mosques. Community leader warns “divisive” tactics are antidemocratic, threaten progress. Mosque sent new threatening letter on first day of Eid.
How Sydney electorate boundaries have changed the city’s political map

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade |Alexandra Smith

“Those cumulative interest rate rises really hurt in NSW,” he says. LoadingSydney University professor of Australian politics Rodney Smith says the erosion in support for major parties, in NSW and nationally, is set to continue at this election. “That makes it much trickier for the two-party groups that are campaigning for government because they’re not just campaigning against each other, they’re campaigning for the preferences of voters who don’t particularly like either of them,” he says.
How Sydney electorate boundaries have changed the city’s political map

3 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Matt Wade |Alexandra Smith

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How Sydney electorate boundaries have changed the city’s political map

3 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Matt Wade |Alexandra Smith

By Matt Wade and Alexandra Smith March 29, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. An abolished seat, redrawn boundaries and resignations have reshaped Sydney’s political geography ahead of the federal election. Most electorates in NSW will be contested under new boundaries in 2025 following a sweeping redistribution last year that cut the number of seats in the state from 47 to 46.
Seven charts that explain Australia’s economy, debt and deficit

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Matt Wade |Craig Butt

SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeTreasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his fourth budget amid what he calls a “new world of uncertainty”. There’s plenty of evidence to support that claim; Australia’s economy is recovering after two years in the slow lane, Donald Trump’s tariff policies have cast a shadow over global growth and a closely contested federal election will shortly be called. And yet, Chalmers claims Australia is “well-placed” to prosper despite the turmoil.
Seven charts that explain Australia’s economy, debt and deficit

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade |Craig Butt

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has delivered his fourth budget amid what he calls a “new world of uncertainty”. There’s plenty of evidence to support that claim; Australia’s economy is recovering after two years in the slow lane, Donald Trump’s tariff policies have cast a shadow over global growth and a closely contested federal election will shortly be called.
‘Losing was the best thing that ever happened to me’: What Dom Perrottet did next

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade

By Matt Wade March 25, 2025 — 11.35am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s often said there’s nothing more “ex” than an ex-prime minister. But there is a possible exception: an ex-premier. We have 10 living former premiers in NSW and by far the youngest is Dominic Perrottet. He joined that club at the tender age of 40 when the Coalition government he led was voted out of office two years ago.
Insurance costs the burden keeping NSW business owners awake at night

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Matt Wade

By Matt Wade March 14, 2025 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Insurance costs have emerged as the top worry for NSW businesses as one in three firms in the state report premium increases of 30 per cent or more in the past 12 months. The surge in premiums has triggered warnings of an insurance crisis that will force many smaller companies to “hope for the best” and go without cover.