Its main opponent is the New South Wales Labor Party (ALP); the two forces are often regarded as operating in a two-party system.
The group is led by Mark Speakman, who succeeded Dominic Perrottet after the 2023 state election.
There is a single Coalition frontbench, both in government and in opposition, with each party receiving a proportionate number of positions.
[citation needed] A Coalition between the Liberal (and predecessors) and National parties has existed without interruption in New South Wales since 1927.
[citation needed] New South Wales is the only state where the non-Labor Coalition has never broken, and yet has also never merged.