Christopher John Minns (born 17 September 1979) is an Australian politician serving as the 47th and current premier of New South Wales since March 2023.

Minns was disappointed with the lack of explanation or communication from McKay and Catley over the file circulation, and resigned from shadow cabinet on 26 May.

Minns’ leadership bid was publicly supported by more than a dozen senior Labor MPs including Penny Sharpe, Ryan Park, Jihad Dib, and Prue Car.

[18] On 4 June 2021, Michael Daley pulled out of the leadership contest, allowing Minns to be elected to the position of leader unopposed.

[25] The Health Services Union accused the Minns government of being too slow to remove the 3 per cent limit on pay rises.

Attending alongside Minns were former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Bill Shorten and the Federal Opposition leader Simon Crean's foreign policy adviser Carl Ungerer.

[30] In his inaugural speech in the Legislative Assembly, Minns criticised the state government's sale of NSW's electricity assets and called for mandatory Mandarin Chinese lessons in New South Wales schools.

[35] Additionally, both Mark Buttigieg and NSW Labor Party secretary Jamie Clements disagreed with Minns' contention regarding unions.

[36] By 2019, Minns reportedly no longer held those views, according to HSU NSW state secretary Gerard Hayes.