Addressing climate change was front of mind for voters who cast an early ballot Tuesday at Newcastle's King Street pre-polling place, ahead of this weekend's state election.
While most accepted that the outcome of the poll locally was, in some respects, a foregone conclusion (Newcastle is currently held by Labor with a very safe margin just above 17 per cent and, with the exception of the Upper Hunter, none of the region's electorates are considered especially marginal) those who spoke with the Newcastle Herald identified preventing catastrophic climate change as a key priority for the new state government.
