Hip pocket issues could decide what is shaping up to be the closest New South Wales election contest in a generation.
Transport and child-raising costs have been centre of the election campaign, as more than 5.2 million voters cast their ballot today.
Liberal Premier Gladys Berejiklian has campaigned strongly on public transport projects in Sydney, as her government faces a potential backlash over motorway tolls.
She highlighted this in the final week of the campaign by pledging a $50 weekly cap on Opal fares for train, bus and ferry travel.
Liberal Premier Gladys Berejiklian (pictured with Transport Minister Andrew Constance) has campaigned strongly on public transport projects in Sydney
Both major parties have capitalised on hip-pocket anxiety by also pledging to reduce the cost of raising a child.
Opposition Leader Michael Daley last year promised to allow all school children in the state to travel for free on public transport, estimating this policy will cost $44 million a year.
His Labor Party is also hoping to capitalise on the issue of tolls in western Sydney by promising to restore the cash back scheme on the M4 motorway.
A senior party source involved in the campaign told Daily Mail Australia Labor sensed voters were angry at Ms Berejiklian for reintroducing tolls in August 2017 to pay for road widening.
She highlighted this in the final week of the campaign by pledging a $50 weekly cap on Opal fares for train, bus and ferry travel
Opposition Leader Michael Daley (pictured) last year promised to allow all school children in the state to travel for free on public transport, estimating this policy will cost $44 million a year
'Tolls are really biting in western Sydney,' he said.
'It's emblematic of a
