The Sun Herald poll comes as the Liberals launch their campaign in Sport Minister Stuart Ayres' seat of Penrith while Labor will have its launch in Revesby in East Hills.
NSW Labor leader Michael Daley waves to the crowd as he leaves the NSW Labor Party election campaign launch in Revesby on Sunday. AAP
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On the other hand Michael Daley is the real deal — a genuine bloke and a true Labor man. He’s carved out of the same kind of mould as Paul Keating and Bob Carr. Tough, smart and pragmatic, he doesn’t make cliched motherhood statements or mimic faux outrage.
Even when Mr Daley threw down on Alan Jones it was more like an argument in the front bar of the pub than the nauseating grandstanding on social media. Indeed, there was the inescapable sense that Jones relished it — maybe even respected it — as one big hitter against another.
“Come back next week!” Jones dared him.
“Happy to!” said Mr Daley.
We need more brains and balls like this in politics instead of shrinking violets and shrieking snowflakes.
The stadium is ablaze. Let the games begin.
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"I don't think he's ever had a cross word against anyone - except Alan Jones."
"Very naughty," Mary responds.
Daley's on-air stoush with Jones earlier in the weekhad made him a giant-slayer in the eyes of the true believers.
To the roar of the crowd, Bill Shorten revived Daley's now famous line from the interview as he cast his comrade as a man who "stands up for the ordinary people against the noisy and the powerful".
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Australian musician Mahalia Barnes performed to Labor's party faithful, including former premiers Barry Unsworth, Bob Carr and Kristina Keneally, before Bill Shorten took the stage to mock the Liberal Party's recent crackdown on live music.
"I was going to say that there's a festival atmosphere in the air, but that might mean the Liberals would try and close down the event," he said.
Amid cheers and raised placards, Michael Daley entered, triumphant and hand in hand with his deputy Penny Sharpe.
"I can only describe this as a family gathering on a grand scale," he told the crowd.
"We are a family, we are a tribe, the liberals are afraid of us, they do not have this and in 13 days' time we will show them that their fear is justified when we win the election."
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