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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies

Safe federal seat of Fowler turned battleground: Kristina Keneally and the mystery polling

Labor candidate Kristina Keneally handing out how-to-vote cards outside an early voting centre at Fairfield in Sydney on Thursday.
‘They are voting Labor.’ Federal election candidate Kristina Keneally handing out how-to-vote cards outside an early voting centre at Fairfield in Sydney on Thursday. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

If Labor’s candidate in the south-west Sydney seat of Fowler, Kristina Keneally, is worried that being seen as a blow-in that could cost Labor one of its deep red jewels, it certainly isn’t showing.

“I’m energised,” she says. “I love doing this.” She greets people as they arrive at Fairfield Leisure Centre, the largest of the pre-poll places in the electorate on Thursday.

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