Super Saturday in New South Wales - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

This week's episode looks at the results from the first round of the Costa Rican presidential election and at the outcomes of the four by-elections held this weekend in the Australian state of New South Wales. In Costa Rica, the second round will be a battle of the exes as Jose Maria Figueres (former President) and Rodrigo Chaves (former Finance Minister) will face each other for the presidency in April. How did we end up with two Social Democratic candidates in the second round? What explains the total collapse of the Citizens Action Party who lost all of their seats in the Legislative Assembly? Who is more favoured to pick up the voters of the centre-right in the second round in two months’ time?

In New South Wales, whilst three of the four by-elections look to have been retained by the incumbent party, the coastal seat of Bega looks set to be a Labor gain. With a General Election just around the corner and a state-wide election a year away, Sam and Chern assess what the big takeaways for Labor and the Liberal/National Coalition might be. Will Labor be disappointed with just the one pick-up? Should the alarm bells be ringing for Premier Dominic Perrottet? Are there any clues to be taken from these by-elections for how the May national election might play out? All these questions, and more, answered in this week's podcast.

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