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.

• EXCLUSIVE

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.

• EDUCATION

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.

• TRANSPORT

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.

• HEALTH

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.

• SOCIAL SERVICES

Welfare groups are lobbying the state government for better disability support and more assistance with the cost of living for struggling families.

• TRUST

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.