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Hunter building approvals bad news for region's housing targets.

'I make no apologies for being bold and ambitious'.

The Liberals have pulled ahead in the crucial seat of Terrigal, as counting continues in the NSW election. 

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.

Coalition suffers losses across western Sydney and key regional areas, losing at least nine seats to Labor

Labor can, in part, thank Sydney's west for its surge to form majority government for the first time in 12 years, after reclaiming several seats in the area.

Polls point to victory but Labor faces a difficult electoral map, requiring an additional nine seats to govern in its own right

NSW elections – with a hard to read electoral system – are famous for producing highly variable results across electorates.

Both major parties say they have the best plan for spending $3 billion in key western Sydney electorates as an independent office says it was misrepresented.