Paul Karp
12 Dec 2025
Kellie Sloaneās election as leader has not given the NSW opposition an immediate boost among voters, with a voter poll taken days after the switch showing the Coalition still trailed Labor by 43 per cent to 57 per cent in two-party-preferred terms.
The Australian Financial Review/Redbridge/Accent Research poll of 1293 voters taken between November 24 and December 8 was the first since Sloane took over from Mark Speakman on November 21 and underscores the ground the opposition needs to make up before the next state election in March 2027.
It was conducted as Sloane launched a media blitz promising to focus on cost of living and to de-emphasise but not abandon the net zero by 2050 target. But it was before she struck a deal with the Minns government on workers compensation reform that her first major policy change, and a reshuffle expected to move shadow treasurer Damien Tudehope out of that role.
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