NSW Premier Chris Minns has spoken about his new cabinet as he walked around the northern NSW town of Lismore.
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For the first time, the NSW cabinet will have an equal mix of men and women - with the portfolios of energy, police, finance, regional transport and regional assigned to women for the first time.
"We're not popping Champagne corks or launching fireworks in relation to that - it should just happen naturally. We live in 2023," Mr Minns said.
"Fifty per cent of the population is female and we wanted that represented in the NSW cabinet."
The ministry will be cut to 22 members, down from 26 in the previous government, with the premier saying he wanted a "trim, focused government that's delivering for the people of NSW".
It will also be the first time a woman has led the government in the upper house, with Penny Sharpe taking on the portfolios of energy and climate change, and environment and heritage.
Jihab Dib, the incoming minister for customer service, emergency services and youth justice, will be the first sworn in on the Koran.
"There's a big, vibrant Muslim community in NSW and we want to make sure that we have a cabinet that looks like the state we represent," Mr Minns said.
It follows new treasurer Daniel Mookhey becoming the first sworn in on the sacred Hindu text Bhagavad Gita.
The Minns government will govern in minority with 45 or 46 seats, with confidence and supply guaranteed by independent MPs Alex Greenwich, Greg Piper and Joe McGirr.
Mr Piper, the Member for Lake Macquarie, is set to be the next Speaker, with the Legislative Assembly voting when parliament returns next month.
The only seat still in doubt since the March 25 poll is Ryde in northwest Sydney, where Liberal candidate Jordan Lane leads Labor's Lyndal Howison by about 200 votes as counting continues.
Unveiling his full ministry on Tuesday, Mr Minns heaped praise on his colleagues.
"We have a lot of hard work in front of us and a big responsibility, but my team and I are up to the challenge," he said.
"One of the reasons we were elected was to invest in the human capital of the state, the teachers, the nurses, the firefighters and the police officers.
"You cannot have a world-class state without world-class essential workers - and that's what we want to invest in."
Mr Minns said he would follow through on Labor's election promise to begin a treaty process with the First Peoples of NSW.
"Ours is the only state without a movement towards a treaty or voice," he said.
"It's a complicated process and I know that Queensland and Victoria have been at it for over five years and still haven't got to the stage where they've been able to enact or sign a treaty."
He said his government would not be "dissuaded by the complexity".
"It just needs to be remembered that it could be signing a treaty with over 150 different nations," he said.
"That's a big task but we believe we have the personnel to begin."
NSW MINISTRY:
* Chris Minns - Premier
* Prue Car - Deputy Premier, Education and Early Learning, Western Sydney
* Daniel Mookhey - Treasurer
* Michael Daley - Attorney-General
* Penny Sharpe - Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Heritage
* Ryan Park - Health, Regional Health, Illawarra and South Coast
* Jo Haylen - Transport
* John Graham - Special Minister of State, Roads, Arts, Music and the Night-time Economy, Jobs and Tourism
* Courtney Houssos - Finance, Natural Resources
* David Harris - Gaming and Racing, Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty, Veterans, Medical Research, Central Coast
* Yasmin Catley - Police and Counterterrorism
* Jodie Harrison - Women, Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Seniors
* Paul Scully - Planning and Public Spaces Minister
* Sophie Cotsis - Industrial Relations, Work Health and Safety
* Jihad Dib - Customer Service and Digital Government, Emergency Services, Youth Justice
* Rose Jackson - Water, Housing, Homelessness, Mental Health, Youth and North Coast
* Anoulack Chanthivong - Better Regulation and Fair Trading, Industry and Trade, Innovation, Science and Technology, Corrections
* Kate Washington - Families and Communities, Disability Inclusion
* Tara Moriarty - Agriculture, Regional NSW, Western NSW
* Ron Hoenig - Local Government, Vice President of the Executive Council
* Steve Kamper - Small Business, Lands and Property, Multiculturalism, Sport
* Tim Crakanthorp - Hunter, Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
* Jenny Aitchison - Regional Transport and Roads
Australian Associated Press
