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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Michael McGowan and Tamsin Rose

NSW election: Chris Minns to meet with senior colleagues immediately as Coalition recriminations begin

Chris Minns
Incoming NSW premier Chris Minns says Labor had won by campaigning on ‘specific, credible and common sense’ policies to deal with immediate issues. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

New South Wales premier-elect Chris Minns has described Labor’s victory as a “humbling experience”, insisting the party’s success after 12 years in the political wilderness was the result of having an “ear to the ground” on cost-of-living pressures in Australia’s largest state.

In his first media conference since Labor’s election victory on Saturday night, the 43-year-old incoming NSW premier admitted the title would take getting used to, saying “today looks different to yesterday”.

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