NSW Government’s Legislative Agenda in Shambles After Last Minute Coalition Win

NSW Labor Leader Chris Minns speaks to media the during a press conference at NSW Parliament, Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 23, 2022. Bankstown MP Tania Mihailuk made sensational claims against a selected candidate and was been booted from NSW Labor leader Chris Minns' shadow cabinet. AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi

The New South Wales (NSW) Labor government will be forced to delicately negotiate with the crossbench to pass legislation after the Liberal Party scored the final seat in the upper house.

More than three weeks since polls closed, the NSW Electoral Commission distributed preferences on Wednesday, leaving the upper house chamber evenly split between the left and right wings.