Despite polls showing a one-horse race, Labor is still reaching for the state election whip. Mike Smithson reveals the surprise seats being targeted by the Premier in a bid to crush a Liberal comeback over the next decade.

Labor has ramped up the political stakes and is making no secret of the Liberal seats it wants to seize at the upcoming state election.

With the result looming as a one-horse race, Labor’s jockeys are still reaching for the whip even with a lead of 10 lengths as they approach the home straight.

Three seats were given special attention over the weekend, with a Prime Ministerial visit thrown in for good measure.

As previously mentioned in InDaily, the newly named seat of Ngadjuri, formerly Frome, is a red-hot target.

The Mid North battleground is a mixture of outer metro and rural voters.

Liberal MP and shadow minister Penny Pratt is a proud rural member with a pedigree steeped in everything to do with the land, on both sides of her family.

She holds Ngadjuri by a slim 3.2 per cent.

If the Libs were on an upward trajectory headed toward next month’s acid test, she’d almost be home and hosed already.

But they’re not.

Labor stalwart Tony Piccolo has quit his safe adjoining seat of Light, which he’s held for 20 years and is locked in battle with Pratt.

It’s almost a bloodsport in this electorate.

Labor wants to take it simply because it can, if the anticipated swing is uniform across the state.

Even conservative........

© InDaily