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Updated January 23, 2017 10:14:53

Gladys Berejiklian is expected to become the 45th Premier of New South Wales after a Liberal partyroom meeting this morning.

The Liberal partyroom will meet at 10:00am (AEDT) to formally vote in its new leader.

Ms Berejiklian left her Northbridge home earlier this morning and caught a bus to her parliamentary office, with media crews on her tail.

She is the deputy leader and Treasurer and is the only person to put up her hand to take over from Mike Baird who resigned unexpectedly last Thursday.

She is a moderate and hails from the left of the party.

She secured support by striking a deal with the right of the party to install Finance Minister Dominic Perrottet as her deputy.

He is also expected to be voted in today during the meeting.

Ms Berejiklian will become the first Liberal female Premier of New South Wales and the second woman to hold the office.

She comes to the job with 13 years' experience in Parliament, holding the positions of Transport Minister and then Treasurer since the last election.

There are two years left of the Government's current term before voters return to the polls.

Mr Baird announced his retirement last Thursday, after a year defined by angry protests and backlashes against a number of controversial policies.

Once the country's most popular politician, these policies on issues such as greyhound racing and council amalgamations, ultimately led to a steep drop in his popularity.

Mr Baird also fell out of favour with young people and businesses who vigorously opposed laws that forced licensed venues in the Sydney CBD and Kings Cross to close their doors earlier.

The State Opposition Leader Luke Foley said the incoming premier needed to turn the focus away from transport and onto health and education.

Mr Foley said Ms Berejiklian's record as treasurer had seen the state invest heavily in transport infrastructure, at the expense of other sectors.

"We have a problem with ever-lengthening hospital and waiting times, overcrowding of our schools, declining literacy and numeracy results and the destruction of the TAFE sector," he said.

"The new premier must bring a focus on service delivery, particularly in the areas of health and education."

Topics: government-and-politics, liberals, state-parliament, sydney-2000, nsw

First posted January 23, 2017 07:16:41

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