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Gladys Berejiklian to be NSW premier after unopposed election as Liberal leader Gladys Berejiklian to be NSW premier after unopposed election as Liberal leader
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Gladys Berejiklian will become New South Wales’ 45th premier after being elected unopposed as the leader of the Liberal party.Gladys Berejiklian will become New South Wales’ 45th premier after being elected unopposed as the leader of the Liberal party.
As expected the Liberal party room chose Berejiklian as its leader, with finance minister Dominic Perrottot her deputy, on Monday morning. As expected the Liberal party room chose Berejiklian as its leader, with the finance minister, Dominic Perrottet, her deputy, on Monday morning. The meeting lasted less than 15 minutes.
The meeting lasted less than 15 minutes. Berejiklian, formerly the NSW treasurer, was widely tipped to have the numbers, and her two likely competitors, Rob Stokes and Andrew Constance, pulled out of the race on Friday. She was expected to be sworn in later on Monday at a ceremony at NSW’s Government House.
Berejiklian, formerly the NSW treasurer, was widely tipped to have the numbers, and her two likely competitors, Rob Stokes and Andrew Constance, pulled out of the race on Friday. Berejiklian will face immediate challenges. Her Nationals counterparts, led by John Barilaro, have already vowed to stop council amalgamations and Berejiklian will be forced to take on Baird’s controversial polices on lockout laws, WestConnex and the reversal of the greyhound ban.
She was expected to be sworn in later on Monday at a ceremony at NSW’s Government House.
Berejiklian will face immediate challenges.
Her Nationals counterparts, led by John Barilaro, have already vowed to stop council amalgamations, and Berejiklian will be forced to take on the controversial polices of Mike Baird on lockout laws, Westconnex and the reversal of the greyhound ban.
Berejiklian, speaking immediately after the vote, said she would sit down with Barilaro on Monday afternoon to discuss council amalgamations.Berejiklian, speaking immediately after the vote, said she would sit down with Barilaro on Monday afternoon to discuss council amalgamations.
“I do appreciate what sections of the community are saying to us in that regard, and also what our colleagues are saying to us,” she told 2GB radio. “I do appreciate what sections of the community are saying to us in that regard and also what our colleagues are saying to us,” she told 2GB radio.
Berejiklian said she would take about a week to decide her cabinet. Berejiklian said she would take about a week to decide her cabinet. She said she would push ahead with the reversal of the greyhound ban and would not seek to soften the government’s approach to law and order, describing NSW’s bail laws as some of the toughest in the state.
She said she would push ahead with the reversal of the greyhound ban, and would not seek to soften the government’s approach to law and order, describing NSW’s bail laws as some of the toughest in the state. Berejiklian was born in Sydney to Armenian parents and spoke no English when she started primary school.
Berejiklian was born in Sydney to Armenian parents, and spoke no English when she started primary school. “My family are just overwhelmed and so proud,” Berejiklian said. “My dad was a boilermaker, my mother was a nurse ... They gave up a lot and kept reminding my sisters and I every week, ‘You girls don’t know how lucky you are.’
“My family are just overwhelmed and so proud,” Berejiklian said. “My dad was a boilermaker, my mother was a nurse ... they gave up a lot and kept reminding my sisters and I every week, ‘you girls don’t know how lucky you are’.
“And I think today they feel vindicated in the way they raised us as kids.”“And I think today they feel vindicated in the way they raised us as kids.”
Berejiklian has six years’ experience in the ministry in the transport and treasury portfolios. Berejiklian has six years’ experience in the ministry in the transport and treasury portfolios. She pledged to make her own mark on the role of premier and said one of the key challenges was ensuring success was spread across all areas of the state.
She pledged to make her own mark on the role of premier, and said one of the key challenges was ensuring success was spread across all areas of the state. “What I would like to do, how I would like to make my mark, is to make sure that every corner of NSW gets its fair share,” she said. “We are in a very strong position, we need to make sure that everybody shares in the benefits of that.”
“What I would like to do, how I would like to make my mark, is to make sure that every corner of NSW gets its fair share,” she said.
“We are in a very strong position, we need to make sure that everybody shares in the benefits of that.”