At the NSW election, Labor is poised for a clean sweep – but Perrottet’s gamble may pay off

NSW premier Dominic Perrottet departs after meeting with volunteers at the Taralga District Rural Fire Brigade during the Liberal party election campaign on Tuesday. Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP

Every election campaign, in its final days, stumbles into absurdity. It can’t be helped. It is the beast.

The final week of the New South Wales state campaign began with a Coalition promise to raise the WestConnex speed limit from 80 to 90km/h. The WestConnex is one of Sydney’s sprawling network of toll roads, linking the city’s approaches to the demographic heartland in the western suburbs.