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Chris Minns voted NSW premier as Labor beats Coalition to win state election

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese introduces incoming NSW premier Chris Minns, saying "he was a leader whose vision is one that always has people at its heart".

ABC News

Polling booths close across NSW as vote counting to elect government begins

New South Wales Treasurer Matt Kean says "the deck is stacked" against the Coalition holding onto power.

ABC News

‘It’s time for a change’: Anthony Albanese stumps for Minns and NSW Labor

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made a string of NSW election day appearances as he tries to help secure Labor's supremacy

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NSW elects Labor's Chris Minns to be premier, Dominic Perrottet stands down as Liberal leader — as it happened

Labor will emerge from 12 years of opposition and form government, after seeing big swings in the NSW election. It's on track to win a majority of seats. As it happened.

ABC News

Cheers as victory forecast for 'united' NSW Labor

Drinks are flowing at NSW Labor's election party as the party appears on track to return to government for the first time in 12 years.

AAP

How the Hunter could tip the NSW election scales as voters go to the polls

On a grey and rainy day in the Hunter, voters turn out with the potential to decide the outcome of the NSW election in 2023.

Newcastle Herald

Liberals to regroup after devastating defeat in NSW

After a resounding loss in the NSW election, the Liberal Party will seek its own fresh start as the search begins for a new leader.

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PM puts final squeeze on NSW as Labor ascendancy looms

Anthony Albanese and other senior Labor figures have been on the hustings for the NSW state election as his Liberal rival Peter Dutton remains notably absent.

AAP

Chris Minns celebrates historic victory as Labor returns to power – as it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

The Guardian - AU

Final NSW Newspoll gives Labor a thumping lead; federal Labor's lead widens

The New South Wales state election is today. Polls close at 6pm AEDT. Votes cast on election day should be counted quickly, but large pre-poll booths are likely to take until late at night or next week.

The Conversation

NSW voters head to polls with Labor in box seat

NSW voters will cast their ballots as the latest polling tips a Labor victory to end a run of 12 years in opposition.

The New Daily

Michael Pascoe: Integrity – the lack of it – is at heart of voters’ NSW election dilemma

The best outcome will be for a minority government forced to deal with a strong integrity-first crossbench not prepared to compromise

The New Daily

NSW voters head to polls in tightly contested election

Polling centres have opened in NSW, with four million voters to decide if the Liberals gain a fourth term or Labor breaks a 12-year stretch in opposition.

AAP

Peter Dutton is stuck in no-man’s land on the voice – and he risks cementing his reputation as a wrecker

Supporting the yes vote leaves him on the sidelines, but opposition in the face of a no win could be a pyhrric victory

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Judgment day arrives for NSW Labor after 12 years in the political wilderness

Though polls have tightened, this is an election Labor expects to win. Anything less will be a disaster for the party

The Guardian - AU

After criticism for ‘reviewing, not doing’, Queensland’s government is now announcing policies on the run

The government hasn’t referred anything to the law reform commission since 2021. Insiders worry about a pattern of reactive policy

The Guardian - AU

NSW election: Labor hopeful of win as leader Chris Minns eyes ‘mood for change’ across state

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

The Guardian - AU

The Moira Deeming question: Victorian Liberals are at war, but leader John Pesutto knows the party must change

Pesutto’s firm stance on the expulsion of the backbencher will cost him the leadership, some say, while others say it will be the making of him – and the party

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Julia Banks: Why the modern Liberal Party seems unable to ‘do the right thing’

At the end of the day, robust political debate shouldn’t displace civility, treating people with respect and doing the right thing.

The New Daily

NSW election: Liberal government’s hopes fade as contest with Labor tightens

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

Newcastle Herald

Preferences hold the key to Upper Hunter as NSW votes

An Independent's decision to preference Labor could tip the balance of power.

AAP

Independent office corrects NSW Libs over WestInvest

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.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Ken Wyatt warns Liberals on opposing voice; NSW election race wraps up; and ‘city killer’ asteroid to pass us by

Former minister for Indigenous Australians says Liberal opposition to voice could add to ‘global perception’ they are a ‘racist party’

The Guardian - AU

The Greens face one of the biggest decisions of their political lives as Labor’s climate policy hangs in the balance

Some Greens want to pass the safeguard mechanism changes and keep fighting on fossil fuels while others want to attack it as a Coalition creation that can’t be redeemed

ABC News

Ex-NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald gets 14-year jail sentence for corruptly awarding mine licence

Former resources minister Ian Macdonald will stay in jail until at least 2027 for misconduct in public office involving two mining licences.

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