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Michelle GrattanCommentsPremium
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Case builds for ICAC reform after Berejiklian findings

If then-prime minister Scott Morrison had had his way, Gladys Berejiklian would have run for the Sydney seat of Warringah, held by independent Zali Steggall, at last year’s election.

Michelle Grattan

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Down the middleCommentsPremium
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Division over investigation integrity in Gladys’s fall

Those critiquing the dramatic fall of Gladys Berejiklian are divided into two camps: some casting the ICAC as the ogre that’s brought down a good leader, while others argue propriety is paramount.

Michelle Grattan

NSW leadershipVideo‘Thank you’: Gladys emerges after shock resignation

Gladys Berejiklian has spoken publicly for the first time since she resigned as NSW Premier, revealing the contents of a private note she left for her former colleagues.

Anton Nilsson

Not on my watchCommentsPremiumMcGowan to ‘fight to death’ to keep GST share

WA’s Premier and the Prime Minister have told the leading contender for the new NSW leadership position to keep his hands off hard-fought GST deal.

Kimberley Caines

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Eastern criticCommentsPremium
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Why NSW’s would-be premier has WA in his sights

Dominic Perrottet has been a constant critic of WA and has relished his role as attack dog for the NSW Government in its spats with Premier Mark McGowan over borders and budgets.

Lanai Scarr

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Premier bombshellCommentsPremium
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Corruption watchdog proves its power in NSW politics

Since the Liberal Party’s formation it has served up eight Premiers in the so-called Premier State and more than a third of them have fallen of ICAC

Tony Vermeer

Pointing the fingerCommentsPremiumPM to blame for nation’s COVID woes: Plibersek

Federal Opposition frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has blamed the Prime Minister for the country’s COVID woes, saying his ‘failures on the vaccine rollout’ had put millions of Australians into lockdown.

Kimberley Caines

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Enough is enoughCommentsPremium
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WA sick of east attacking our success

The attack by NSW Treasurer Dominic Perrottet on Premier Mark McGowan’s stated determination to defend WA’s share of the GST was more than cheek – it was way out of line.

‘Extreme risk’CommentsPremiumWA to ban all compassionate travel from NSW within days

WA will ban all travel from NSW on compassionate grounds in ‘coming days’ after another surge in COVID-19 cases took the State to brink of being deemed an ‘extreme risk’ jurisdiction.

Peter Law

Tough stanceCommentsMcGowan’s zero COVID tolerance ignores vaccine targets

Border closures and the threat of lockdown will be a part of life in WA even when the State reaches 80 per cent vaccination coverage, Mark McGowan reveals.

Peter Law

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Delayed lockdownCommentsPremium
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Penny finally drops but too late for NSW

Gladys Berejiklian’s Government waited too long to lock down Sydney to try to stop the growing COVID-19 outbreak.

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THIRD WAVECommentsPremium
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Why we need a COVID inquiry urgently

Sydney is in dreadful shape, NSW regions are under threat, south-east Queensland and Victoria are shuttered, and the vaccine rollout remains beset by difficulties – calling for a COVID exit plan.

Michelle Grattan

‘Totally wrong’CommentsPremiumMcGowan’s latest swipe at Gladys over COVID ‘surrender’

WA’s border with NSW is likely to remain closed for at least the rest of the year after Gladys Berejiklian said her State ‘had to live with Delta one way or another.’

Josh Zimmerman, Peter Law & Grace Hendry

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Coronavirus controversyCommentsPremium
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McGowan slams ‘arrogant’ NSW approach to virus outbreak

The WA Premier says the NSW Government is taking a ‘very arrogant and inadequate approach’ to its deadly outbreak, as new cases hit a record high and the defence force was called in to help today.

Peter Law

Plea rejectedVideoCommentsPremiumNo emergency Pfizer doses for NSW: Scott Morrison

The Prime Minister has confirmed the Delta-ravaged state will not be granted additional Pfizer vaccines after NSW declared its COVID-19 outbreak a ‘national emergency’. But there is a change of tack.

Kimberley Caines

Health authorities scramblingAlarm after NSW records 110 new COVID cases

There has been another spike in cases in NSW but it is the 43 people who were infectious in the community that have health authorities scrambling.

Erin Lyons

Ambiguous rulesCommentsPremiumMaskless Premier needs to wake up & smell the coffee

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is at the centre of controversy over her obscure regulations surrounding masks after being pictured not covering up while buying coffee outside a Sydney cafe.

Troy de Ruyter

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McGowan’s stark warning for Gladys’ ‘lockdown lite’

Mark McGowan says NSW counterpart Gladys Berejiklian must accept her ‘lockdown lite’ isn’t working and enforce stronger restrictions to stamp out the Sydney outbreak.

Peter Law

COVID-19 battleVideoCommentsPremiumFeds sends huge PPC shipment to help NSW’s virus fight

The Federal Government is sending millions of protective masks, gloves and goggles to New South Wales as the State recorded more than 100 positive cases on Monday.

Sarah Ison

Coronavirus crisisCommentsPremiumMcGowan warns of harder border with COVID-hit NSW

WA’s hard border with NSW is set to get even harder, with Premier Mark McGowan foreshadowing even tougher restrictions for anyone trying to come west from the virus-ridden state.

Joe Spagnolo

‘Quash it now!’PremiumGladys changes her tune with COVID language

From ‘living with the virus’ in March to ‘we have to quash it now’ in July, the exploding Sydney outbreak has heralded a massive shift in the COVID-19 language employed by Gladys Berejiklian.

Josh Zimmerman

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Crunch timeCommentsPremium
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Next 10 days ‘critical’ in NSW’s fight against COVID

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has labelled the next 10 days ‘absolutely critical’ after extending Greater Sydney’s lockdown for a further week.

John Flint

Cluster growsVideoHigh school among 19 new cases for NSW

NSW has recorded 19 new locally acquired cases of coronavirus as the Bondi cluster continues to grow.

Evin Priest

Delta DangerCommentsPremiumMcGowan won’t ‘play blame game’ over Sydney spread

NSW’s border-busting COVID-19 cluster has reached Perth, forcing three days of restrictions on our city and raising questions as to why Premier Gladys Berejiklian didn’t lock down her State sooner.

Tim Clarke