00:00An electoral lottery, to decide which political hopeful gets poll position on the ballot paper.
00:12The draw for the upper North Shore seat of Bradfield drew a crowd.
00:17Teal Independent Nicolette Buller took a sizeable bite from Liberal Paul Fletcher's margin last time.
00:23But with the former frontbencher retiring and the electorate gaining territory from the abolished Independent seat of North Sydney,
00:29this could be her chance to finish the job.
00:31I don't take anything for granted, but I'm pretty confident and excited.
00:35I'm hopeful, obviously. I take nothing for granted.
00:38One of Bradfield's newest voters took part in this ritual of representative democracy.
00:43It is a little bit weird. I was very surprised that they allowed for me to actually turn the wheel.
00:49There's reason for the randomness.
00:51If your name is first, that sometimes can be a significant advantage, but really only about half to one percent.
00:57The Liberal candidate for Bennelong, Scott Jung, claimed the top spot, which is not good news for the incumbent, Labor's Jerome Laxell.
01:04The redrawing of boundaries has turned the seat notionally blue, but he's not giving up.
01:09Anthony Green says the margin is 0.04 percent, so we calculated that to be 84 votes.
01:16Whilst Bennelong may now be Liberal on paper, the party isn't taking any chances.
01:21Here at Top Ride, it's putting significant resources into its campaign to seize back the once blue ribbon electorate.
01:28I don't like Labor's, that's for sure.
01:30I'm not entirely sure at this moment.
01:33Mr Jung laid low today after complaints about him handing out Easter eggs to children outside a local school.
01:39Victory is sure to be sweet in one of the city's tightest contests.
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