NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian survives no-confidence votes after defending relationship with Daryl Maguire

Vote in state's upper house defeated on casting vote of John Ajaka, the Liberal president

A no-confidence motion against Gladys Berejiklian in the state's upper house has been defeated on the casting vote of the president, giving the New South Wales premier an important symbolic victory in her battle to hang on to the Liberal leadership.

The initial vote was 20-20 but John Ajaka, the Liberal president, used his vote to defeat the motion.