Gladys Berejiklian in charge

Newly minted NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian follows Mike Baird with an unflashy reputation for getting things done. She hails from a more modest background than her predecessor, a daughter of migrant shift workers who spoke little English when she started school, and a retail banker rather than an investment banker.

Ms Berejiklian has done the two jobs deeply connected to the fate of the government: transport minister and treasurer. As treasurer, she counted the money that rolled in from the property boom and the bold infrastructure-for-assets privatisation plans of the Baird government, with $2 billion surpluses stretching into the future. It's been good for the state, but also underscores the housing affordability issue that she nominated at her first media conference as the top concern of NSW voters.

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