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Left retains hold on Labor's top jobs
Labor’s minority left faction will retain its hold on the party’s leadership positions in the lower house when the party’s caucus convenes on Wednesday.
Labor’s minority left faction will retain its hold on the party’s leadership positions in the lower house when the party’s caucus convenes on Wednesday.
An unprecedented smear campaign has left East Hills Labor candidate Cameron Murphy just short of claiming the most marginal seat in NSW.
The market delivered more than $1 billion in stamp duty to the NSW government in January and February alone.
Colourful No Land Tax Party candidate Peter Jones has been forced into hiding with his family after receiving death threats from a man identifying himself as a bikie.
The Greens' win in Newtown has been the subject of much post-game analysis. WestConnex appears to have been the decisive issue.
Mental health groups have been granted a last-minute reprieve from the federal government after Health Minister Sussan Ley announced a continuation of nearly $300 million in funding.
The state's leading faith-based charities have challenged the re-elected Baird government to clarify its affordable housing plan and provide more crisis accommodation within its first 100 days.
The most mysterious figure in state politics has hinted at his backers and offered opinions about judges 'on meth'.
Premier Mike Baird has announced a cabinet tailor-made to implement his election policy to partially privatise the NSW electricity network and $20 billion infrastructure plan in a major reshuffle after the reelection of the Coalition government.
A senior Labor party official has blasted Labor's state election campaign as too responsive and declared the party is suffering from a "crisis of policy" following the loss of key inner city seats of Newtown and Balmain to the Greens.
A micro-party that is gunning for the final spot in the NSW upper house is likely to mount a legal challenge if it loses, potentially sending voters back to the ballot box.
The Greens have hailed the state election result for its second-place showing in several seats, where the party believes it is consolidating as the voters' alternative choice.
Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile says he wants a quick inquiry into the Baird government's electricity privatisation plans that would report by the end of April or early May.
Labor MP Laurie Ferguson has rounded on his brother Martin for publicly supporting power privatisation in New South Wales.
Mike Baird has declared work will begin on the privatisation of NSW electricity businesses "from today" while demanding Labor respect his election mandate.
Voters in some traditional working class electorates appear more concerned with land tax than people who live in postcodes regularly reported as bastions of wealth and tax deduction.
Questions raised over how far the Baird government may lean to secure Christian Democratic Party's support.
Mike Baird is expected to announce a post-election cabinet reshuffle within days but is not being drawn on the extent of the shake-up.
The revelations at the Independent ICAC have resulted in the Liberal Party losing a swag of Hunter Valley and Central Coast seats.
Federal ministers have conceded the government has much to learn about communication and salemanship from NSW Premier Mike Baird's "trustworthy" election winning campaign.
Clover Moore is delighted her anointed successor's victory in the seat of Sydney shows that Sydney residents want an independent voice.
Despite almost half the Labor politicians in the lower house of Parliament being women, two star candidates, Penny Sharpe and Verity Firth, have missed out.
Cuts to TAFE are shaping as a major election issue, as students face higher fees for many courses, teaching staff is reduced and the roll-out of a new computer system causes major headaches.
It's the major issue at the March 28 election but both the Liberals' and Labor's transport policies have experts warning that getting around Sydney is unlikely to get any easier any time soon.
Our health system is the envy of the world. We have some of the best outcomes and lowest costs in everything from cancer to hospital errors.
Welfare groups are lobbying the state government for better disability support and more assistance with the cost of living for struggling families.
The ICAC inquiries have eroded trust in major political parties. It could deliver an electoral windfall to wildcard candidates.
After working with the police and with battered women for two decades, Nardia Green thought she'd be the last person to let domestic violence creep into her own life.
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Former education minister Verity Firth wants to bring the seat of Balmain back to the Labor fold. To do so she must overcome incumbent Greens MP Jamie Parker.
A recent redistribution has reduced Alex Greenwich's margin to just 0.3 per cent.
Jihad Dib has been given the task of retaining the seat Labor has held since 1927.
Voter disengagement is profound in East Hills, despite it being the most marginal seat at this election.
The WestConnex project looms large in this inner-Sydney seat, which is notionally safe Labor.
There are some parts of the new Seven Hills electorate that haven't been represented by a Liberal MP in more than 50 years.
"I would hate to think I would be elected on the fact that I'm not Chris Hartcher," says ALP challenger Jeff Sundstrom..
Campbelltown is traditional working-class territory. It was a hugely symbolic loss for Labor at the 2011 election.
Newcastle's election will be won and lost on its rail line.
Penrith is one of the western Sydney swing seats whose interests can dominate even federal elections.
The Blue Mountains has been won by the party of government at every election since 1976, but that could change on March 28.
In a leafy lane a block back from King Street, Colin Walker's home proclaims his politics loud and clear. "Save Our ABC", the signage reads - a common plea in inner-city Newtown.
As the reckoning began about Barry O'Farrell's whopping election victory four years ago, some senior Liberals dared to ask themselves a question: could this be an opportunity to rewrite the NSW electoral map forever?
Follow all the results across NSW using our election interactive.
Pendulum graphics showing the NSW state election results in the lower and upper houses.
If the re-elected Baird government is hoping for a post-poll lull in the coal seam gas debate, it is likely to be disappointed.
There is a danger in politics in being all things to all people and ending up representing nothing.
The man of the moment stood at the spot thought to have been named by Arthur Phillip to describe his first meeting with the polite but naked locals.
Assuming the NSW Parliament approves Baird's plan, what happens next? Here are five key questions answered.
The gas plans of the victorious Baird government face major roadblocks in the bush.
It's clear that a state government with a strong focus on building new infrastructure can earn the support of the people.
Labor is in denial if it thinks that Saturday's election results were good. They were a disaster.
Success in politics has a thousand fathers, but neither side of politics in Canberra has paternity rights over Mike Baird's victory.
The Herald's live coverage of the 2015 NSW state election
A revived Labor party celebrates new seats and new vigour.
It'll be a busy 12 months for the re-elected Coalition government.
The make-up of the upper house will be crucial for Mike Baird's plan to partially lease the electricity network, but the result is far less certain than who will form the government.
Will the issue of coal seam gas mining cause electorates like Ballina, Barwon and the Hunter to swing against the Liberals and Nationals in the NSW election?
Voters will be given a reminder of some of the most notorious MPs to have graced the NSW Parliament in the recent past as they prepare to vote this polling day.
The economic record is impressive, but the electrical storm has clouded it.
Tell 'em they're dreamin', says Michael Caton in the famous movie The Castle. Now, he has the same message for politicians about coal seam gas mining.
Our journalists visited key electorates in the run-up to the poll. Here is what they found.
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