Labor sweeps to power in New South Wales

After 12 years in opposition, Labor secured an overall majority in the NSW state election, shutting the Liberals out of mainland Australian politics at both the state and federal level.

Labor eyes a narrow win in NSW

Conventional analysis – and the bookies’ odds – suggest a narrow Labor win in the NSW state election, although the Coalition are rolling the dice in narrowly targeted areas and on atypical issues, just as they tried in the Federal vote.