Have to wonder what old mate Friendly Jordies is going to be doing going forward now that NSW Labor has gained power.
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Iāve heard that the only hope of a backflip is if they have to negotiate with the Crossbench - theyāre running with their pathetic 500 unit (of 90,000+) ātrialā with the expectation that theyāll run it dead.
Most of Laborās policies are great if you live in Sydney (where theyāre aimed at) - live outside and itās basically scraps (thats not to say that the oppositions are much better). Labor really needs to boost its presence in the regions and make some effort to show interest in what these communities issues actually are.
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Chris Kenny is again arguing they lost because theyāre not right wing enough. This is the ridiculous argument the coalition supporters keep pushing that they need to keep lurching to the right. Unbelievable.
Matt Kean comfortably won Hornsby despite a swing against him. He was one of their more competent ministers.
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Nine now calling it for Labor too.
If this was at all accurate weād be seeing the minor right wing parties doing a lot better than theyāve done. Canāt believe so many still fall for the narrative, albeit itās likely to keep them out of power for longer.
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Holy crap they could get to 54/5 seats.
The electorate where I am at (Wollondilly) The Liberals lost to an Independent. Its because people here rather have someone who appeals to the electorate than some guy who literally did nothing for the electorate. ABC is claiming that she is a teal, but according to the Candidate she said no.
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Teals have certainly neutralised, that will be one
Relief next federal election for Dutton if that flow stops federally.
Partially because of optional preferential voting. So some of the vote gets exhausted that may have gone to them. So slightly different settings than a federal election.
ABC predicting labor majority.
And for Federal Labor. At the moment they and the Greens have momentum like never before. If Teals decline then hopefully it will be to the benefit of Labor who can extend their majority to about 80+ seats in the house and wipe the Liberals/Nationals.
Itās only just started with state elections turning red.
This will be the Labor decade. Come back 2030s onward for any Blue changes.
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Maybe NSW Liberals should looks to get more sportspeople for their contests and take a leaf out of how Sam Groth won Nepean in Victoria 
Albaneseās going to have so much ammunition against Dutton this coming week. Prepare for non-stop grilling every time the Liberals open their mouths in parliament, especially Angus Taylor if Labor wins Goulburn which is in Hume.
Andrew Constance must be spewing as well. Firstly he loses Gilmore after resigning from Bega now his precious old seat and state colleagues are joining him in the sun bin for losers.
Perrottet has called Minns and conceded defeat.
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I already knew the outcome 18 months ago. Minns did a good job guiding Labor out of the wilderness after 12 long years
I donāt like his politics and I donāt like his policies and I donāt like his perspective on social issues and I despise conservatives but Dom Perrottet is a gentlemen and a decent person. So credits where credit is due and his words were good tonight.
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Yes heās very gracious tonight. Good sportsman and he should finish his stint with his head held high.
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I have never heard a politician tell the people to get behind the other guy. True leader.
He is a decent person just surrounded by fools.
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Peter Malinauskas did when he was in opposition and he supported the premier during COVID.
Iām glad they can put politics aside and acknowledge each other when itās time.
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Yes fancy a person on the right not campaigning about things being woke and just focusing on issues people actually care about.
This a good result for the country, but I donāt like the message it sends about running a small target/ low risk campaign. I hope leaders do not learn the wrong lesson here, it should take some ambition and vision to win.
From what Iāve heard of the campaign, it seems like the lack of intense partisanship of the Murdoch media made it a completely different experience vs what we had in Victoria.