Why Chinese Australian voters could be key in a close race between teals and Liberals

Bradfield independent candidate Andy Yin campaigns in Chatswood with a robot dog. The former Liberal party insider describes himself as ‘proud local Chinese Australian, born to immigrant parents’. Photograph: Supplied by Andy Yin

Bradfield in Sydney’s affluent north shore is shaping up as the scene of one of the federal election’s most fiercely fought teal v Liberal battles.

Nicolette Boele, a community independent, is taking on the star Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian.