SYDNEY (London Post with Reuters) By Dr. Majid Khan – Australia’s New South Wales Labor Party claimed power in Saturday night’s elections, with voters backing the center-left party’s promises to fight privatization and lower the cost of living.
Elections in Australia’s most populous state have been touted as a close race between the incumbent Liberal Union and the Labor Party, but Sunday’s vote fell short after Labor formed a majority in opposition for three terms. It showed it was on track to win the 47 seats voted for. We need a government.
The win marks the party led by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joining with state counterpart Chris Minnes in Sydney on election day.
“Congratulations to @ChrisMinnsMP…and the entire NSW labor team winning your election,” Albanese said on Twitter late Saturday. Labor’s victory in New South Wales meant the party came to rule at the state and federal levels in mainland Australia, leaving the island nation of Tasmania as a Conservative outlier.
“After 12 years of opposition, the people of New South Wales have voted for a fresh start,” Mings told his supporters in Sydney late Saturday.
“The people of New South Wales have voted to set up a government that puts the people at the center of all decisions.”
Labor’s campaign in the states included pledges to eliminate further privatization of state-owned assets and to raise public sector wages amid cost-of-living concerns.
Stubborn inflation has challenged the Reserve Bank of Australia, which this month raised interest rates to his highest level in more than a decade. On Sunday, Mins said workers have “sound initiatives” to help bring down the cost of living in the state. He also said his government, once in office, would prepare legislation to protect the Sydney Water Utility from future sales.
Social conservative Catholic and former finance minister Dominique Perrotet was elected prime minister in 2021 after his predecessor resigned. trust. “consists of or includes”.
Albanese urged voters in his hometown to back Labor ahead of Election Day, saying the coalition is “in turmoil” due to internal strife.
