The retirement of popular sitting MPs and the confluence of state and federal issues make for an intriguing picture of potential results
“We have a situation in Westmead where Parramatta high is oversubscribed and people just across the railway line from that school have to send their kids to Pendle Hill high,” she said.
The flipside of the retirements – the power of incumbency – could also see unexpected results in the most marginal western Sydney seats, which the polls suggest Labor should win at a canter. Labor has also fielded a local with deep community roots, Kylie Wilkinson. She helped establish a women’s refuge and is on the board of Revesby Workers Club.
“I liked Gladys – she just got screwed over by the wrong guy – but the guy who has taken her place seems reasonable.”
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