NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has delivered an ultimatum to NSW Nationals leader John Barilaro urging him to stand down from his protest against the government's changes to the koala protection policy.
Earlier on Thursday, Mr Barilaro said the changes to the policy are"wrong" and hurt landowners and farmers.
“We have seen the deputy premier effectively blow up that government and blow up the Coalition,” she told reporters.Some questions for Premier:- How can they be part of Coalition yet still sit on cross-bench?September 10, 2020 "This is just another ideological political attack on our environment by the National Party whose policies are destroying our rivers and forests," Mr Field said in a statement.
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