Mike Baird's poll windfall: boom sets up surplus and Coalition's re-election

By Sean Nicholls and Stephen Nicholls
Updated October 26 2014 - 5:18pm, first published 4:53pm
Good news for the government: Premier Mike Baird.  Photo: Edwina Pickles
Good news for the government: Premier Mike Baird. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Good news for the government: Premier Mike Baird.  Photo: Edwina Pickles
Good news for the government: Premier Mike Baird. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Good news for the government: Premier Mike Baird.  Photo: Edwina Pickles
Good news for the government: Premier Mike Baird. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Good news for the government: Premier Mike Baird.  Photo: Edwina Pickles
Good news for the government: Premier Mike Baird. Photo: Edwina Pickles

Sydney's  property boom has supercharged NSW government revenues, with stamp duty revenue jumping 50 per cent or $500 million over winter compared with last year,  potentially putting the government in a stronger fiscal position before the election next March.