Australia’s most populous state will be led by its first conservative-leaning leader in several years after the Liberal Party voted overwhelmingly in favour of Dominic Perrottet to replace outgoing Premier Gladys Berejiklian. Perrottet, from the Right faction of the party and a critic of lockdowns, said it was a “new chapter” for the state of New South Wales (NSW). “Up until now, all of our Liberal premiers have been infrastructure premiers—building roads, rail, schools and hospitals for communities right across our state,” he told reporters in his first speech. “That will not change with me, but I will also be a family premier, focusing on how we can make life better for working families, living the Liberal values of opportunity, aspiration and hard work.” He won the leadership bid against friend and colleague Rob Stokes in a ballot earlier in the day, 39 votes to five, with the support of …