Just hours after he claimed a historic win for Labor, the Premier-elect said scrapping the 3 per cent wages cap for nurses, teachers and other state workers was an urgent priority.
Premier-elect Chris Minns will convene a snap leadership meeting with his most senior MPs on Sunday to prepare to implement his new government’s policies to tackle cost-of-living pressures and remove the Coalition’s public sector wages cap.
“We’ll sit down of course with essential workers as well as their representatives about the next stage forward,” he said.“We’ll be having a leadership group meeting this afternoon with senior ministers elect in the coming hours to talk about our responsibilities to ensure that we’ve got our plans in place ready to go from day one, hour one, on behalf of the people in this state.”
Minns confirmed Summer Hill MP Jo Haylen would become the state’s next transport minister, and expected her to receive immediate briefings on the city’s beleaguered train system,Meanwhile, Labor deputy Prue Car will also keep her shadow portfolio and become education minister, as will Ryan Park with health.
Minns credited Labor’s win on Saturday to a clear and simple campaign based on essential state government services and cost-of-living issues in an election held amid surging inflation.
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