Walking down a suburban Sydney shopping strip, NSW Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian stops a passing middle-aged woman.
"Hi, I'm the new premier," she says with a large smile and a handshake.
"Is there any advice you would like to give me? Anything you would like to see fixed?"
The woman responds with a firm smile and two words: "housing affordability".
That was the issue Ms Berejiklian nominated as her main priority when she secured the top job on Monday.
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But two days on, the 45th NSW premier remains silent on how she plans to address the crisis - instead working to lift her public profile.
Ms Berejiklian, who first up on Wednesday shrugged off Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's suggestion priced-out Sydneysiders should move to the bush, was subsequently grilled by reporters about her views on negative gearing.
"I'm open to speaking to the federal government about options there," she said after greeting locals at Hurstville in Sydney's south.
"I'm not ruling anything in or out ... I want to seek advice from experts who have very strong views and also track records of dealing with this issue."
"If there is overwhelming advice one way or another that there are issues outside of NSW government control that need to be addressed of course I'll raise that with the relevant authorities."
Ms Berejiklian said she knew Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and federal Treasurer Scott Morrison cared about housing affordability.
But state Opposition Leader Luke Foley says the premier's refusal to outline her position on negative gearing puts her at odds with her Planning Minister, Rob Stokes, who last year broke ranks with the Turnbull government on the issue.
"She'll have to find him a new job in the (cabinet) reshuffle because her planning minister has a different view to her and has said that negative gearing has to be reformed," Mr Foley said on Wednesday.
Ms Berejiklian is yet to reveal when she'll announce any new housing policy, arguing she's only been in the role "just over 24 hours".
Incoming treasurer Dominic Perrotett has not yet ruled out stamp duty exemptions for first home buyers buying existing homes, according to News Corp Australia.
