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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan

‘Golden opportunity’: NSW Labor under pressure to deliver promised public sector wage rises

Incoming NSW premier Chris Minns
Incoming NSW premier Chris Minns will face immediate union pressure over commitments made before Saturday’s state election. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The incoming Labor premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns, will face immediate pressure from union leaders to make good on his promise to lift public sector wages and overhaul working conditions.

With counting suspended on Sunday, Labor was in reach of forming a slim majority government in NSW 12 years after it was swept from power in the landslide defeat of 2011.

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