Kogarah MP Chris Minns may seek again to lead the Labor Party in NSW – but not in the foreseeable future.
“I will be parking any leadership ambitions I have given the circumstances,” he told the Leader.
Michael Daley defeated Mr Minns by 33 votes to 12 in a caucus ballot on Saturday to replace Luke Foley, who resigned on Thursday evening following sexual harassment allegations, which he denied.
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Had Mr Minns, 39, won and gone on to lead Labor to success in the March, 2019, election, he would have become the youngest premier in the state’s history.
Mr Minns said it had been “a good process” and, on a personal level, enjoyable.
”The caucus ballot was decisive and I am convinced Michael will be the next premier,” he said.
“I have known him for a number of years and I think he is a genuinely good person.
“It is hard to be disappointed when someone like Michael beats you to the post.”
Announcing he was running on Friday, Mr Minns said whoever was elected leader would face the “a near insurmountable task”.
Mr Minns said on Monday he still held that view but believed Labor could win.
“There are two things going for us – we have a united team and my experience is that people are desperate for change,” he said.
“My suspicion is overdevelopment will be the issue that drives the government from office because they haven’t got their eye on it and, as a result, it has grown exponentially.”
Mr Daley was previously the deputy leader and shadow Treasurer. The new deputy leader is upper house MP and environment spokeswoman Penny Sharpe.
