War of words between NSW ministers proves a political distraction in Macquarie Street

On Friday, Labor was saying it was not aware of any complaints made against Secord.

That changed over the weekend, Minns said on Monday, and Secord had decided to stand aside.

Minns has enjoyed a golden run recently, managing to portray his own party as a more disciplined, credible alternative to a government lurching from crisis to crisis. After 11 long years in opposition, confidence inside the party has rarely been higher.

And there are plenty of questions.

But as we get closer to the election, those questions will start to come, and, as the Coalition was eagerly pointing out, Monday shaped as an early test of his leadership.

If only its own ministers could get out of the way.