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The Sydney seat that could secure a Labor election victory

Samantha HutchinsonNational reporter

Mar 8, 2023 – 5.00am

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NSW Labor appears to be on track to win the March 25 state election according to polling in a key Liberal-held seat, which suggests the opposition leads with a wide enough margin to form a majority government.

Labor leads 54-46 on a two-party preferred basis in the north-western Sydney seat of Riverstone, according to The Australian Financial Review Freshwater Strategy NSW Poll.

clarification —

An earlier version of this article said Labor had failed to field a candidate in the seat in 2019. This is incorrect and has been updated.

Samantha Hutchinson is the AFR's National Reporter. Most recently, she was CBD columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Before that, she covered Victorian and NSW politics and business for The Australian, the AFR and BRW Magazine.