Chris Minns says Labor needs to ‘climb Everest’ to stay in power as One Nation looms over state conference

The New South Wales premier warns of rising threat of Pauline Hanson's party as he addresses party conference

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The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, has admitted the Labor party needs to climb Everest" to stay in power amid the rising threat posed by One Nation ahead of next year's state election.

But while Minns received a standing ovation as he circled Sydney's town hall before addressing the NSW Labor conference on Saturday, he did not avoid the protests over conflict in Gaza which have marked party conferences in previous years.