Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I congratulate you, Senator Sheldon, on behalf of the rest of your Senate colleagues, for the terrific work that you put in to the wonderful result on the weekend. Over the weekend, the people of New South Wales had their opportunity to have a say. And they spoke with a loud and clear voice as they voted for a fresh start under the terrific leadership of Chris Minns and Labor.

The people of New South Wales echoed the messages that we heard last year from the people of South Australia, from the people of Victoria and from the people of Australia when they voted for Labor governments. People voted for Labor governments because Labor governments are focused on tackling the issues that matter to Australian people. People voted for Labor governments who are focused on their needs as opposed to the internal party fights as those opposite continue to do.

We welcome the Minns Labor government. We will be working with the Minns government, in the same way we work with all state and territory governments, as we address the cost-of-living challenges people are facing as the result of a decade of Liberal and National neglect. We will support all state and territory governments to deliver support for Australians based on need as opposed to the colour coded spreadsheets that the former Liberal-National government relied on. And we will work with all state and territory governments to make Australians' lives better, because that's exactly what Labor governments do.