The New South Wales premier, Dominic Perrottet, has labelled his government’s byelection results “disappointing across the board” after earlier vowing to win back voters who handed Labor the seat of Bega in Saturday’s byelection.
As early counts showed the government had suffered double-digit swings in two of four Super Saturday byelections, the government has resigned itself to losing Bega for the first time since the seat was created in 1988.
