The government has been accused of failing to listen to the people of NSW after they suffered a bruising defeat in Saturday's by-election, and tried to issue a last-minute ban against a statewide nurse strike.
The manager for Opposition Business Ron Hoenig told NSW Parliament on Tuesday the people of Bega had sent a message to the government and "three days later you're still not listening".
"You've got to treat people with respect," Mr Hoenig said, adding the state's nurses were "absolutely exhausted" and only wanted to be heard.
He said the government could not claim it was "delivering for NSW", citing a data breach that saw 500,000 private addresses uploaded from QR code check-in and leaked online.
He also pointed to media reports that recently built schools are overcrowded, and to a number of infrastructure issues faced by the government, including cracks in light rail cars and defects in the state's new ferry fleet.
"You should be hanging your head in shame," Mr Hoenig said.
Before parliament resumed, Labor leader Chris Minns said his party would not get carried away after a surprise result at the Bega by-election.
Labor candidate Michael Holland looks likely to have secured the seat for the party for the first time in its history, in one of four by-elections on Saturday.
Labor also looks set to retain former leader Jodi McKay's Strathfield seat, while the Nationals are on track to retain former deputy premier John Barilaro's Monaro seat.
The Liberals also suffered a swing of 19 per cent in former premier Gladys Berejiklian's seat of Willoughby.
The seat, initially called for the Liberals on election night, remains in doubt on Tuesday after counting of preference flows, the ABC reports.
The final results may not be available until March 11 due to a surge in postal votes, which the NSW Electoral Commission will begin processing on Wednesday.
The government rejected suggestions the by-elections were a referendum on its response to the pandemic and the Omicron outbreak.
Treasurer Matt Kean told ABC Radio National the by-elections were not "a referendum on the government".
"These were four by-elections, which had unique issues in each of the seats."
Premier Dominic Perrottet has said he is not concerned about being pushed further into minority government and won't be cutting deals with minor parties and independents on the crossbench, but will work with them on "legitimate areas of policy".
Mr Minns said on Tuesday his party is "very hopeful about the next election" but not overconfident.
"No one in Labor is doing victory dances ... I think it does show that there are Labor voters (in regional electorates), but we have to fight for each and every vote."
