The restructured New South Wales cabinet was sworn in by Lieutenant-Governor Jim Spigelman, in a ceremony at Government House in Sydney. With six new ministers and significant changes to the portfolios of several others, the cabinet is a radical change to the line-up of former premier Morris Iemma.

A review of the Newman case was ordered by Chief Justice James Spigelman after Phuong Ngo’s supporters raised three grounds of concern regarding his conviction: concerns about the evidence about mobile phone coverage; doubts about the independence of two witnesses; and the alleged failure to provide certain evidence to Ngo’s defence.