By “On the Ground in Eden-Monaro”

As we approach polling day on Saturday 21st August, one of the most watched seats will be the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro. However with 48 hours of campaigning still to go, have the Liberals conceded the iconic seat? Our reporter on the ground in Queanbeyan reports:

The Liberals appear to have conceded the bellwether NSW seat of Eden-Monaro.

Liberal candidate David Gazard has spent the last two days on his own handing out how-to-vote cards outside the Queanbeyan pre-polling booths.

Sources within the campaign of Labor candidate Dr Mike Kelly have described this strategy as “lazy.” The electorate has significant votes along the South Coast where Mr Gazard has done no campaigning in the last two days on the eve of the election.

Labor sources are perplexed by Mr Gazard’s tactics. When questioned, the Liberal candidate said the result would be close, 2-4 percent either way.

He said it had been a very good election campaign that had been noticeable free of trouble.

The marginal seat of Eden-Monaro was established in 1900 and since 1972 has always followed the national winning party thereby earning its reputation as a “bellwether seat.”

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