Proposed new state electoral boundaries for New South Wales create a new inner-city seat at the expense of one in the state’s south.

Voters in the Armidale region of northern New South Wales go to the polls tomorrow to choose a successor to independent state MP Richard Torbay.

Same old same old from Newspoll in New South Wales.

A new Nielsen poll suggests whatever modest gains NSW Labor had made since its shattering 2011 election loss have evaporated.

The latest bi-monthly Newspoll result for New South Wales shows essentially no change on voting intention, but an improvement in Barry O’Farrell’s personal ratings.

The November-December Newspoll result for state voting intention in New South Wales is little changed from September-October, suggesting Labor has only made modest gains since the March 2011 election wipeout.

Essential Research has aggregated its data from November and December to produce state polling results of 60-40 to the Coalition in New South Wales, 53-47 to the LNP in Queensland, and 50-50 in Victoria.

Live coverage of the by-election to fill Clover Moore’s vacancy in the state seat of Sydney. Moore-backed independent Alex Greenwich takes the field against Shayne Mallard of the Liberals and Chris Harris of the Greens, Labor having piked.

Wherein NSW Labor trails on the two-party vote in Newspoll by less than 20 points for the first time since March-April 2010.