Premier Dominic Perrottet and wife Helen expecting seventh child

It has been a big October for the new premier after securing the Liberal leadership, easing NSW lockdown and now he’s expecting baby number seven.

Newly-minted Premier Dominic Perrottet and his wife Helen are expecting their seventh child.

Mr Perrottet, a devout Catholic, announced he had “exciting family news” on Sunday night.

“Our family photo wall is going to need another frame!” he posted on Facebook.

“Helen and I are thrilled to announce we have a little girl due next year.”

He shared a photo with Helen, holding one of their five daughters in front of their wall of family portraits.

Premier Dominic Perrottet with wife Helen and one of the couple’s five daughters. They are making more room on their photo wall for a seventh child due next year. Picture: Facebook

Another photograph showed blond-haired son William, smiling from ear to ear in front of black and white baby photos of himself and his sisters, Charlotte, Amelia, Annabelle, Harriet and Beatrice.

“With five sisters already, William is looking on the bright side — more bench depth on the family basketball team,” the Premier said.

William Perrottet could be about to get his first brother, or possibly his sixth sister. Picture: Facebook

Mr Perrottet was appointed to the top job on October 5 following the resignation of Gladys Berejiklian who stood down in the face of an ICAC inquiry.

The move from Treasurer to Premier allows Mr Perrottet to buy a lot more nappies, with his salary climbing by an extra $80,000 a year, from $327,000 to $407,000.

The new state leader knows it will be hard juggling family life and running NSW.

“When you’ve got family commitments, balancing work and family life is a challenge for every single person right across the state,” he said after he was appointed Premier.

“Ultimately, what I might lose in time, I gain in perspective. Everyone has their attributes, everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and I’m no different to that.”

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet with his daughters Charlotte, Amelia and Annabelle. Picture: Tim Hunter.

But he has conceded there will be even less time for his family since his promotion.

“They are decisions you contemplate, you speak to your family about,“ he said.

“There will be challenges, I know.

“Perhaps, disappointments of things, of family events and time that I may not have.”

Mr Perrottet, a social and economic conservative and a practising Catholic, has opposed same-sex marriage and decriminalising abortion.

But he said it would “sad” if people thought he should not serve as the state’s leader because of his Catholic faith.

“My religious views and my Christian faith is something I am incredibly proud of, as many people across our state are,” he said.

“Does that in any way take away my capacity to serve as premier?Well, I do not think so, and I think it is a sad thing that some people do.”