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With twenty days until the New South Wales state election, voters who aren’t interested in seeing the O’Farrell, Baird, Berejiklian government continue for a full decade are beginning to worry that the other bloke might not really have what it takes.
The NSW Labor leader, who is definitely not a household name, and who’s most recent headline came after he was shoehorned into the role by developers after his predecessor, who’s name no one can remember, was forced to resign after being accused of sexual harassment.
With Sydney City rapidly becoming the least lively city in Australia, a failed attempt to shut down greyhound racing, a war on music festivals across the state and every remaining state asset sold off to close mates of Mike Baird – the layperson would just assume it might be time for a change of government.
However, the layperson might be wrong, considering the very few differences in the two major parties at a NSW state level.
As far as policy goes, the leader of the opposition appears to still be pretty keen on coal, lock-out laws and protecting the rights of baby boomers and foreign investors who want poor people dragged out of urban public housing and sent out west.
The fact that this particular politician-looking politician gets less media attention than Ricky Muir might also be a problem for those hoping for change.
However, the marketing team behind the NSW Labor election campaign have implemented a bold new strategy to combat this disconnect today – by sending their leader out into the streets with a giant name tag.
With both the english spelling of MICHAEL DALEY, as well as the phonetics underneath in cursive, it appears Generic White Dork #2 may be still in the running.
While his name appears just as bland as his haircut and sense of humour, the fact that members of the public might actually know it is a good start to taking down the much more memorable mouthful that is Glady Berejiklian.
Also, he is willing to budge on not rebuilding all the stadiums, which in comparison to the current NSW Government, makes him look like the Che Guevara of Australian politics.
“I think we might win this one comrades” says one Young Labor member who went to Sydney uni with all of his Young Liberal enemies after being raised in a middle-working-class household two heavily politicised public servants who both work in outdated but secure roles within wildly bureaucratic state government department, and now runs the NSW Labor social media campaigns.
