New South Wales Labor Prepares to Govern

Labor leader and Premier elect Chris Minns with his wife Anna (left) during the NSW Labor reception in Sydney, Australia, on March 25, 2023, after Premier Domionic Perrottet, alongside his wife Helen Perrottet (right), conceded defeat. AAP Image/Dean Lewins/James Gourley

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.