For five weeks the leaders have criss-crossed the country. Campaigning in seats they want to claim or defend. Both have spent plenty of time in New South Wales – the state with the most battleground seats. Fiona Willan looks at the contests to keep an eye on.
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00:00There are 46 seats in New South Wales, 15 are considered marginal, and the tightest
00:07of all is Bennelong in Sydney's north-west.
00:10This is John Howard's former electorate.
00:13It's now held by a Labor MP, but a boundary revision has turned it notionally liberal
00:18and cut the margin to a wafer-thin 0.04%.
00:22Labor's most marginal seat in the country is Gilmore on the state's south coast.
00:27Incumbent Fiona Phillips faces a challenge from former New South Wales Liberal Minister
00:31Andrew Constance, who nearly toppled her in 2022.
00:36If the Teals pick up a new seat, it's most likely to be Bradfield on Sydney's north shore.
00:41Former Liberal Minister Paul Fletcher is retiring, and the independent candidate who gave him
00:45a run for his money in 2022 is trying again.
00:49The central coast seat of Robertson is one to keep an eye on.
00:52This is the nation's bellwether.
00:54It's gone with the government of the day since 1983.
00:58And in Western Sydney, there are 14 seats.
01:01Labor holds 10, including three considered marginal.
01:05The Liberals hope to flip Werriwa.
01:07Support for Labor has been slipping here, and Peter Dutton has been campaigning heavily, hoping
01:12to find a path to victory in this state.