7NEWS Australia published this video item, entitled “Candidates in the 2021 Upper Hunter NSW byelection hold a media conference at Singleton | 7NEWS” – below is their description.
The NSW deputy premier has urged Upper Hunter voters to forgo “sending the government a message” ahead of a by-election which could cost the coalition government its working majority.
Some 13 would-be parliamentarians are making their last pitches to the people of the Upper Hunter before polls open at 8am on Saturday.
While Labor candidate Jeff Drayton talked up his party’s promises and sought to differentiate himself from the abundance of coal-loving candidates, Nationals Leader John Barilaro’s message was simple.
“Don’t change that jockey mid-race,” Mr Barilaro said today alongside the party’s candidate, construction manager David Layzell.
“In 18 months (at the 2023 election), if we haven’t done a good job by then, of course, send us a message.
“But now’s not the time.”
Results are expected to be tight despite the Nationals and its predecessor party holding the electorate for nearly a century.
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In this video, candidates appear in the following order: Labor’s Jeff Drayton, Nationals’ Dave Layzell, Independent Kirsty O’Connell, One Nation’s Dale McNamara, Shooters, Fishers & Farmers’ Sue Gilroy and Independent Archie Lea.
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