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Unions urge incoming premier Chris Minns to overhaul working conditions for frontline workers

Leader choices indivisible from the question of where NSW election campaign went wrong and what the future direction of the party should be.

Sometimes defeat can come with small victories. In his NSW election concession speech, defeated Liberal-National Coalition Premier Dominic Perrottet remarked the campaign had been a “race to the top”. Voters seemed to agree. Perrottet’s opponent, Labor’s Chris Minns, brought the conciliatory tone he maintained as opposition leader into the campaign.

Byelections for leaders are rather like steeplechases for horses: there is always the risk of serious injury.

The Liberals were left soul-searching in the Hunter and across NSW after a dismal showing at the polls which some party members blamed on a drift to the left.

Widely touted frontrunner to replace Dominic Perrottet says he wants to spend more time with family after NSW election loss

The Liberal Party has conceded formerly ultra-safe Wakehurst to the local mayor as another independent councillor remains hopeful in her fight south of Sydney.

The Nationals have failed to regain seats in what was once party heartland in western NSW, as divisions in the Coalition parties come under scrutiny after its NSW election loss.

NSW Labor gets down to work a day after its resounding victory, as senior leaders gather to "talk about responsibilities" and put plans in place.

Labor’s premier-elect describes victory as ‘humbling experience’ that came from having an ‘ear to the ground’ on cost-of-living pressures

The former Liberal minister, who is running as an independent, trails Labor candidate in two-party preferred count