“You can’t escape the parallels between New South Wales and the federal election,” said Haydon Manning, a political science specialist at Flinders University in South Australia. Yet the economic strength has not translated into strong polling for the state and federal Liberal parties. “The infrastructure cycle hasn’t matched the electoral one,” said Rodney Smith, an expert in Australian politics at the University of Sydney. “There is a lot of anger at the change in prime minister,” said John Warhurst, a specialist in Australian politics at the Australian National University. “The state election will provide a litmus test for Morrison’s appeal in Sydney’s west, where there are a few seats that incumbent Liberal members hold with only a small majority.”Read full story

Source: The Express Tribune March 22, 2019 07:52 UTC