We asked all of the candidates these final questions before polling day.
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1. How do you think your campaign has gone?
2. How do you fancy your chances?
3. What are the main issues that voters have brought up with you?
4. Who do you think will win?
Their responses are listed in the same order as they appear on the ballot draw.
Dr Saan Ecker - The Greens
Dr Ecker says she has been delighted at the feedback from people she has met during her campaign.
"Farmers and small business people like myself are particularly concerned about the lack of commitment to rural areas by the major parties. As a grassroots party, all the Greens volunteers are ordinary, local people - and my team has been fantastic," Dr Ecker said.
She was expecting a substantial increase in the Greens vote in the Goulburn electorate.
"Equally important is the Upper House, with the unfortunate rise of the hard-right parties. It's essential the Greens hold the balance of power and I'm optimistic we can do that," she said.
She said voters' concerns included a "lack of transparency" in council planning decisions.
"People just don't want developers and their mates calling the shots. Climate change, water and the environment are also frequently raised issues. Our campaign has connected with many who are tired of corporate owned politics," she said.
"It looks like it's going to be very, very close. Young people will be the key. They're much more engaged and better informed than in the past. Through the preferential voting system there is an opportunity to send a message about climate change/ environment/ social equity concerns by voting 1 Greens followed by other preferences."
Andy Wood - Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party
Andy Wood says he's been buoyed by support from a broad cross section of voters throughout his campaign for Goulburn.
The Shooters, Fishers and Farmers (SFF) candidate and secondary school teacher said greyhound owners, nurses and shooting clubs had backed his campaign.
"I'm humbled by people's encouragement, trust and honesty and I feel a big responsibility to carry their issues forward after the election and hold the major parties responsible," he said.
Mr Wood cited water quality, health, education, rail transport and infrastructure as major issues people had most often raised with him.
He said while he was "realistic" that one of the major parties would take the seat, people saw the SFF as an alternative.
Mr Wood said Labor's Ursula Stephens was a known quantity and despite "dissatisfaction" within the Liberal Party, Wendy Tuckerman would also draw "rusted-on" votes. He hoped his party could win more than 10 per cent of the vote.
Wendy Tuckerman - Liberal Party
Wendy Tuckerman has acknowledged she's had her work cut out since being announced as the Liberals' Goulburn candidate in January.
The Boorowa grazier and former AFP detective said she'd campaigned hard in Goulburn itself to boost her profile but had also got around a "large and diverse" electorate.
"I've been absolutely overwhelmed with the support I've had from branches, the people doing pre-poll and the those helping on the campaign...I'm humbled by it," she told The Post.
Mrs Tuckerman said recurring issues were health, water and rail transport.
But while outgoing Liberal MP Pru Goward predicted victory on Saturday, Mrs Tuckerman was more circumspect.
"I know it will be very close and my job is to convince people I'm the best person to represent them and I really do think I am through my experience," she said.
"I'm hopeful I'll get over the line."
Tracey Keenan - Animal Justice Party
More wildlife corridors, less land clearing, and greater wildlife protection along major roads are on Tracey Keenan's agenda.
The Goulburn district farmer is standing for the Animal Justice Party, speaking up for those "who don't have a voice," she says.
Ms Keenan works with farmers and in aged care in her day job and says both sectors have major policy issues.
"Farmers recognise there are issues with agriculture and animal health and that things are not working like they used to (given climate change)," she said.
Ms Keenan said she was concerned that subsidies were "insufficient" for aged people living on rural properties and receiving home care.
Her party's philosophy is kindness, equality, rationality and non-violence.
Ms Keenan said her party wasn't "in the same league" as Liberal and Labor but she was buoyed by the number of people who told her they'd vote for her.
She was not willing to tip a winner.
Dr Ursula Stephens - Labor Party
Dr Ursula Stephens has been working tirelessly on her campaign, which began with her pre-selection in April, 2017.
"Our positive campaign has gone very well, with many doors knocked and phones dialled," Dr Stephens said.
"I am confidently awaiting the polls to tell the story."
She said the main issues voters had brought up with her throughout her campaign were: hospitals, schools, nurse-to-patient ratios, Yass Water, deteriorating roads, sewage in the villages and renewable energy.
"Labor has an action plan to invest over $335m in our local hospitals for upgrades to Goulburn, Crookwell, Yass and Boorowa (including restoring maternity services at Yass), and deliver nurse-to-patient ratios in all hospitals (the Liberals refuse to do this); fixing Yass Water; removing demountables and ensuring our schools are funded to the Gonski standard," she said.
"Labor has committed to fix all regional roads graded as poor or very poor by the NRMA with a $900m roads fund.
"Labor has committed to delivering the first renewable energy target and install 500,000 solar panels state-wide. Our $1 billion water fund will also tackle a lot of water access issues head on. While the Liberals splurge $2.2b on stadiums and plan to sink the surplus, Labor will put people first, and deliver schools and hospitals before Sydney stadiums."
Finally, and who do you think will win?
"The candidate with the best priorities for our region in my opinion," she said.
Dean McCrae - Liberal Democrats
Dean McCrae says he's far too controversial to come up trumps in this Saturday's election.
The Liberal Democrats' candidate and chef will be catering for a wedding on poll day. But the Canyonleigh man said he was pleased he'd "stirred things up" in this campaign.
"I've rattled a few cages and got people to look at the government in a different light," he said.
His party advocates freedom of choice and the right to live lives without tight regulation.
"Everything should (also) be self sustainable," he said.
"People in the arts find that a bit disconcerting but as a chef, I don't receive subsidies."
Mr McCrae said the principle should extend to clean energy.
While not tipping a win for himself, he believes minor parties will dent Labor's and Liberal's vote.
Richard Orchard - Pauline Hanson's One Nation
Mr Orchard said he had run his campaign on a shoestring.
"Considering we are really a startup party in the electorate, with none of the infrastructure of members, nor the massive donations from corporates and unions of our competitors, we've run the campaign on a shoestring and without a lot of troops on the ground," he said.
"We have substantially relaunched the brand of One Nation in NSW as a party for ordinary people, for free speech, and for thinking outside the box of political correctness. We have done well. The job is not yet done, we have years of work ahead of us.
"We will do okay. We are not in a position to win a Lower House seat but hopefully will get two or three in the Upper House. We will be well established as the third force in NSW politics, something that's been sorely needed for a long time. Our vote will not be small, and has certainly got major parties scared."
He said the main issues were people being tired of the Sydney-centred major parties.
"They do not represent ordinary people. There is a notion that a third viable alternative is needed," he said.
"One of the majors will win, with a whisker over a third of the vote. They will hold it by the skin of their teeth. They will hold it with a tad over one third of the vote, not supported or absolutely hated by two-thirds. We have gone from a seat with the elite but ineffective Goward on a 20 per cent margin a few years back to the most marginal.
"We will now be a target for all manner of pork-barreling. This is an excellent outcome for us as a community. Of the two major candidates, and parties aside, Ursula Stephens is a very likable, very smart, committed Goulburnian local, a real community contributor outside of politics and is a new friend I've made during the campaign.
"Like all other Goulburn city locals, I've never known the candidate the Liberals fielded..."
He has already voted at the the Goulburn pre-poll booth.
He said this involved "sunburn, rain, near miss car crashes and pedestrians endangered."
"Never was a more stupidly sited office every conceived. Inadequate risk assessment. Please be careful everyone, it's an accident nightmare. Busiest road in Goulburn, heavy vehicles, and elderly voters crossing the road with walking sticks," he said.
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