If history is anything to go by, the 58th government under NSW Labor Chris Minns won't be unstable because it's two seats short of a majority — but it will face some heavy interrogation.
abc.net.au/news/chris-minns-hung-government-will-move-slow-but-could-benefit-nsw/102180762The new Chris Minns government will face more scrutiny given their minority status, but the results may be better for the people of New South Wales.Former independent Tony Windsor says the-then government expected changes to billsIf history is anything to go by, the 58th government won't be unstable because it's two seats short of a majority — but it will face some heavy interrogation.
Their power was further diminished the next year when they lost a by-election to Labor and one of their own, Terry Metherell, became an independent. Mr Windsor — who was also crucial to Julia Gillard's minority federal government in 2010 — said the big advantage was a slower pace. "[The government] kept saying they were going to do 'just terms', but they were deliberately delaying it because of a spat between the Libs and the Nats, and I was able to walk down the middle of it and say, 'well, this is going to happen'."
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