The coalition's election thumping has prompted reflection as leaders in Australia's most populous state look to sidestep a similar fate.
The NSW Liberals will focus on the party's "timeless" values and snub culture wars after the drubbing of their federal counterparts at the ballot box.
Labor Premier Chris Minns' stance on a policy abandoned during the coalition's unsuccessful campaign meanwhile faces uncertainty.
When asked in parliament on Tuesday whether he would amend an August memorandum from his department for public servants to return to the office, Mr Minns took the question on notice.
Defeated opposition leader Peter Dutton abandoned a similar plan during the campaign as it quickly proved unpopular.
The resumption of NSW parliament has been overshadowed by renewed interest in a former member's missing millions.
About $30 million - the alleged proceeds of a campaign of corruption which landed former Labor powerbroker Eddie Obeid in jail - would not be pursued, the NSW Crime Commission announced in April.
A web of complex financial affairs stifled a forensic re-examination of Obeid's ill-gotten gains and made prosecution unviable.
An initial investigation in 2015 resulted in a similar decision.
But the announcement had sparked criticism and the Independent Commission Against Corruption should have another look, Mr Minns said.
"There's acts of big public corruption, someone's made a motza out of it, we're going to chase them."
He has promised to provide whatever resources or legislative changes the commission needs to pursue Obeid.
Opposition Leader Mark Speakman has criticised "fake tough talk" on Obeid and other former ministers Ian Macdonald and Joe Tripodi.
"They were at the heart of the last Labor government," Mr Speakman said.
With the Liberals likely to be left with four federal seats on Sydney's urban fringes after Saturday's election, Mr Speakman has pledged the state party will "gravitate to the sensible centre of NSW politics".
He promised policies before the March 2027 state election will be "coherent, cohesive and focused on the issues that matter," citing housing affordability, the cost of living, schools, hospitals and infrastructure.
Mr Dutton lost his seat along with the election on Saturday.
The resounding loss has prompted debate over the federal Liberal party's future direction, but others also appear to be taking note of what went wrong.
Mr Minns has said the "thumping result" would not provide any comfort and NSW Labor had to earn its own mandate to continue governing.
