The ribbon cutting ends more than two years of major disruptions and completes the 66-kilometre line which now connects the city’s south-west to the north-west.

For commuters who have endured pink replacement buses for years, the opening of the final stretch between Sydenham and Bankstown could not come soon enough. Follow live.

The Wyong MP and racing minister will retire at the March state poll, setting the stage for a potential showdown with One Nation.

Premier Chris Minns has warned of the One Nation risk, as the government focuses on the possibility it could lose power.

The NSW government is yet to finalise regulations over caps for farmers and sporting shooters as the first round of appointments to surrender firearms opens.