NSW Labor is preparing to form government for the first time in 12 years after the party pulled off a definitive victory and the coalition lost a historic fourth term.
Labor leader Chris Minns will be the 47th premier of NSW after leading the party to victory, taking at least nine seats from the coalition, with a statewide two-party preferred swing of seven per cent.
“Friends, after 12 years in opposition, the people of NSW have voted for a fresh start,” the 43-year-old told a jubilant crowd of revellers in Sydney on Saturday night.
Labor is predicted to form a comfortable majority government, after taking western Sydney seats Penrith, Parramatta, Camden, East Hills, Riverstone, and other regional seats including the South Coast and Terrigal….