‘No second prize’: Chris Minns and his pursuit of the NSW political throne

‘The stakes are really big at the moment … people want a serious show,’ says Chris Minns. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

In the spring of 2018, Chris Minns looked out from his office in the New South Wales parliament and down into the sprawling greens of the Domain in Sydney.

Gathered under the tree of knowledge – a sprawling fig where state MPs often hold media conferences – was a larger press pack than he’d ever faced. They were there to see him.