NSW Liberal MP Lee Evans fronts voters in Heathcote where boundary changes put Labor ahead on paper

Heathcote MP Lee Evans addresses the crowd in front of a gallery of Labor leaders past and present. (ABC Illawarra: Kelly Fuller )

Against a literal Labor wall of fame, Liberal MP Lee Evans has faced his first test of the 2023 New South Wales election campaign in northern Illawarra, as redrawn electoral boundaries shift the marginal seat of Heathcote further south. 

The wooden Thirroul Railway Institute Hall has been home to the local Labor party branch for decades and members proudly point to the newest portrait.