In this year's federal election, several key Sydney electorates will be crucial to the outcome.
Central Sydney is shaping up as a key battleground in Election 2016, and on the frontline the two main parties have key figures they're relying on.
First, there is Labor's candidate for Barton - located in Sydney's inner southern suburbs - Linda Burney, who is hoping to take a seat currently held by the Liberals.
If she wins, she will become the first Aboriginal woman to hold a seat in the House of Representatives.
Ms Burney has told SBS Indigenous affairs will be high on her agenda if she is elected.
Changes to electoral boundaries last year mean Barton is now expected to become a Labor seat, with a projected margin of 5.4 per cent.
Barton is one of four marginal seats in Sydney which are vulnerable.
The seat of Banks, won by the Coalition after 30 years of Labor rule, has a slender 2.1 per cent margin.
In the outer western suburbs, the seat of Lindsay is held by a mere three per cent margin.
And in the Reid electorate, located in the inner western suburbs, it is a margin of 4.2 per cent.
Assistant Multicultural Affairs Minister Craig Laundy holds Reid, a seat renowned for its diversity.
Mr Laundy is quickly rising up the Liberal ranks, but he admitted that will not assure him victory.
