Things are looking likely to go from bad to worse for the NSW Premier Nathan Rees, with voters expected to lash out at the government in next Saturday's by-election.
Premier Nathan Rees has always admitted the upcoming Ryde by-election will be a tough fight.
It is no secret a string of government scandals and slip-ups has led to a mass exodus of disheartened supporters from the Labor Party.
But what the Premier probably doesn't expect is a 20 per cent swing against Labor and a landslide win for the Liberals.
Pollsters are tipping the Rees government to receive a thrashing, with a Herald/Taverner poll giving the Liberal candidate Victor Dominello an election-winning 64 per cent lead on a two-party preferred basis.
A loss would see Labor lose its stranglehold over the seat for the first time in thirteen years.