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Anna Caldwell is deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph. Prior to this she was the paper’s state political editor. She joined The Daily Telegraph in 2017 after two years as News Corp’s US Correspondent based in New York. Anna covered federal politics in the Canberra press gallery during the Gillard/Rudd era. She is a former chief of staff at Brisbane’s Courier-Mail.

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Anna Caldwell pictured in the Holt St studio. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Why everyone is watching the voters of Upper Hunter

The result of Saturday’s Upper Hunter by-election will influence politics in NSW for years to come, with much more at stake than simply which local candidate wins.

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Independent Upper Hunter by-election candidate Kirsty O'Connell. Picture: Supplied.

Gladys not happy with Turnbull’s ‘treacherous’ handout

Gladys Berejiklian declared she’s “not happy” Malcolm Turnbull financially donated to a rival’s campaign as all sides prepare a last-ditch bid for votes in Saturday’s Upper Hunter by-election.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NCA NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY, 16, 2021: Deputy Premier John Barilaro speaks at an education announcement at Inner Sydney High School in Sydney, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Hardworking Barilaro ‘confident’ going into by-election

John Barilaro has been announcing his mobile number to town halls full of people in a bid to regain trust in an electorate burnt by an MP resigning in disgrace.

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Upper Hunter independent candidate Tracy Norman.

Millionaire mayor who’ll cook you lunch at the pub

Upper Hunter by-election independent candidate Tracy Norman thought the chefs in her pub were too “flighty” so she trained herself to do the job instead.

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Libs count on COVID credit to clinch win

This by-election will be the first real test of whether Gladys Berejiklian’s so called COVID carry-over credits are as big a lift on the government’s popularity as her strategists believe.

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NSW Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services Gareth Ward speaks during Question Time in the Legislative Assembly at New South Wales Parliament House in Sydney, Tuesday, June 16, 2020. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

The Ward riddle: How Lib factions led to Kiama MP’s Cabinet rise

Gareth Ward has enjoyed both the Premier’s support and the dominance of the Liberals’ moderate faction in her government.

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Melanie Felton-Cleghorn, 26, with her greyhound, Chloe, aka Little Chipper, and NSW deputy premier John Barilaro, at the Muswellbrook Race Meeting, Muswellbrook, NSW, today.Picture:Justin Lloyd.

Upper Hunter on knife-edge week out from by-election

The traditionally strong Nationals seat is in real danger with a YouGov poll showing no candidate holding more than a 25 per cent primary vote

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Premier ‘shocked and distressed’ by MP sex case

Gladys Berejiklian said allegations involving Kiama MP Gareth Ward were ‘extremely concerning’ as the crisis plunged the Government further into minority.

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Gareth Ward MP is the member for Kiama.Mr. Ward has been involved in a massage scam in New York.Picture: Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/gareth.ward.714

Curious job boost for Premier’s key ally

Gladys Berejiklian had two chances to sack Gareth Ward; she should now be regretting her support against the odds for her key factional ally, writes Anna Caldwell.

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7/4/21: State minister for Energy and Environment in the House of Reps chamber in the NSW state parliament. John Feder/The Australian.

Why silence is golden for Gladys and Co

Key members of the Berejiklian government are keeping a low profile before next week’s Upper Hunter by-election, with the Coalition running an agenda of silence.

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