Analysis: Chris Minns has brought the NSW Labor Party in from the cold after 12 long years in opposition – and he won’t need to rely on the crossbench to govern, either
Nine’s decision desk called it for Labor shortly before 8pm. Over on the national broadcaster, the ABC’s resident election guru Antony Green was doing the same.
There is no shame in defeat for Dominic Perrottet. He has been carrying the weight of all the baggage any 12-year-old government must inevitably end up accumulating. Yet, his campaign has been energetic, with bold strokes, including the move to set up a government-seeded kids’ future fund, his commitment to fundamental gaming reform in the poker machine industry, and the move to a land tax instead of stamp duty for first home buyers.
As one senior Labor strategist put it, “the Liberals had a punt on infrastructure, we had a punt on people. They had a punt on financial capital and we had a punt on human capital”.“Chris was saying, ‘it’s time to focus on people, not projects. I’ve got a plan to do it and it doesn’t involve selling assets’.”
He was up against the loss of key ministers such as health minister Brad Hazzard, cities minister Rob Stokes and Customer Service Minister Victor Dominello, who had opted not to run again. The impression of a government running out of steam was hard to counter. Labor leader Chris Minns arrives at a reception at the Novotel Hotel in Brighton-Le-Sands after winning the NSW state election.Likewise, Perrottet was forced into ruling out further privatisations to fund the state’s mammoth infrastructure build after Labor’s scare campaign – that Sydney and Hunter Water would be next – started gaining traction.
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