The state’s youngest-ever premier on the lessons he has learnt and the mistakes he made during his 13 years on Macquarie Street.
The former premier Dominic Perrottet has used his farewell speech to parliament to concede that his government should not have pursued COVID-19 vaccine mandates, arguing that people’s personal choices should not have cost them their jobs.
“So, here’s an idea that I propose. Firstly, immediately move at a federal level to four-year fixed terms. This gives them more time on reforming and less time on campaigning,” he said. Former Liberal prime minister John Howard was a “constant source of wisdom” while former Labor prime minister Paul Keating “encouraged me to realise the power of imagination in politics”.
Perrottet praised Berejiklian for setting up a daily crisis cabinet meeting during the early days of the pandemic, which fostered “an environment where senior ministers could discuss and debate our response from various perspectives”.
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