00:00The seat of Sturt covers Adelaide's eastern suburbs and during school holidays a local
00:08drawcard is Thorndon Park Reserve. While parents and grandparents let their children burn off
00:13some energy the ABC asked them what issues will sway their vote this election. Nana is
00:20an urban planner and housing is high on her list of priorities. The supply of housing
00:25is a big thing it's not just the demand side but also the supply side. Retired teacher Kay wants
00:31more focus on improving the health system but addressing climate change is also a high priority.
00:38I think we should be doing as much as we can. I know people say that Australia is a small
00:43country and we can't make a big impact but if everybody just said well I can't make an
00:50impact the whole world would go to pieces. Retirees
00:55Margaret and Don both want long-term policy and planning not short-term promises.
01:00I suppose in this respect the education system and I mean that's where our country is likely
01:08to have a more prosperous future if we invest in our young people's education.
01:14Sturt has been held by the Liberals for decades but what was once a safe seat in 2022 ended
01:20with a margin of just 0.5%. Candidates this time around are the Liberal incumbent James
01:27Stevens, lawyer Claire Clutterham for Labor, the Greens Katie McCusker who stripped plenty
01:33of votes from the Liberals last time and a Teal candidate, Dr Verity Cooper.
01:38While the Greens vote is growing and there is interest in a Teal, the major parties believe
01:44that Sturt will still boil down to a two-party contest. The state seat of Dunstan, which sits
01:49inside Sturt, flipped to Labor in a by-election last year. And questions remain about whether
01:54the traditionally moderate Liberal area will embrace a more conservative Peter Dutton. But
02:00while Labor is quietly optimistic, the Liberals believe they can retain the seat, saying the Greens
02:06and Teal candidates will split any vote against them.
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