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Coalition still ahead in New South Wales, still behind in Canberra

Down to the wire? In this fifteen-minute podcast, Peter Clarke talks to psephologist Peter Brent about this Saturday’s NSW election and the federal Coalition’s continuing problems

Peter Clarke 23 March 2015 67 words

NSW premier Mike Baird (right) and opposition leader Luke Foley after the NSW Leaders Debate at ANZ Stadium in Sydney late last month. Dan Himbrechts/AAP Image

The NSW election looks like being closer than any observers would have anticipated six months ago. Peter Clarke talks to Peter Brent, Inside Story columnist and psephological blogger at Mumble, about what the latest surveys are saying about this Saturday’s poll, and about the fortunes of the federal Coalition. Peter Brent is speaking by Skype from Canberra.

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Peter Clarke is a Melbourne-based webcaster, writer and educator who teaches at RMIT and Melbourne universities. He pioneered national talkback on Australian radio as the inaugural presenter of Offspring (now Life Matters) on ABC Radio National.

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Topics: elections | New South Wales | podcast | politics | polls

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