Ten minutes to go until polls close here in Sydney - and here are the last-minute stragglers at a polling booth in Reid, just a 20 minute train ride from the centre.
The electorate officers are giving Freddo frog chocolate bars to those waiting in line as a treat. Love an Aussie election.
Labor is hoping to pick up this marginal seat from the government, which currently holds it on a very slim margin. Its candidate, Sally Sitou, is popular among the voters I’ve spoken to so far.
“She’s a local, she represents this community,” Alice, 29, said.
The Labor campaigners outside are loudly calling on people to “Vote out Scott Morrison”. But Alice says she’s unsure how people will vote given the pandemic and the uncertainty that’s fostered
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