NSW Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian has emerged victorious from a heated standoff against state Labor leader Michael Daley at the People's Forum debate.
From an audience of 100 undecided voters, Ms Berejiklian managed to draw 50 in favour for the Coalition during the pre-election debate on Wednesday night.
Her opposition leader only managed to draw 25 votes, while the remaining 25 were left undecided.
The win for the Liberal party comes after a tense debate over key policies ranging from domestic violence to climate change to tolled roads.
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NSW Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian (pictured) has emerged victorious from a heated standoff against state Labor leader Michael Daley at the People's Forum debate
Needless to say, a series of blunders from the part of Michael Daley (pictured) also helped to lift Ms Berejiklian to the top, after the Labor leader drew blanks on a number of his party's policies
Needless to say, a series of blunders from the part of Mr Daley also helped to lift Ms Berejiklian to the top, after the Labor leader drew blanks on a number of his party's policies.
When asked about education spending, Mr Daley was quick to assure the audience he would lift the Gonski funding model from 77 per cent to 100.
Though when he was asked to give a figure in terms of dollars, Mr Daley drew up short on an answer.
'I can’t remember the exact figure,' he said.
'I’ll have a look at it. I just can’t remember it off the top of my head.'
Mr Daley hit another mental blank when he was asked to give a concrete figure on how much money would be directed into TAFE funding.
After he adamantly replied $3 billion, moderator David Speers took the politician to task.
'You’re not sure on your education centrepiece, you’re not sure how much you’re spending on schools, and you’re not sure how much more you’re spending on TAFE?’
Mr Daley could only respond that he would have to check that figure - he did manage to later confirm that his party would allocate $2.7 billion over four years to increase public school funding, and $64 million to TAFE.
Aside from the rocky episode, Mr Daley held firm in his attacks against the Liberal party and condemned them over a series of policies.
He attacked the government's $70 billion privatisation program, accused them of wasting $14 billion on projects like the eastern suburbs light rail and called them out on the Menindee Lakes disaster where more than one million fish died due to the ongoing and thorny issue of the Murray Darling Basin.
Between the attacks, Mr Daley also managed to make promises, including an attempt to tamp down on domestic violence, inject $200 million into social housing, and support student-led climate change protests every year.
He also vowed to drop the costly toll on the M4 motorway - a sore point since the NSW Liberal government recently reintroduced the fee.
Ms Berejiklian for her part, managed to bring the ball back into her court as she focused on the
