Gladys Berejiklian has had a week that would have seen any other Premier out of a job – but she’s survived, and there’s one reason why.
In a world beset by unprecedented chaos and disruption it is almost reassuring to know that the grand old tradition of corruption in NSW politics quietly continues uninterrupted.
Say what you like about NSW Labor, at least when they did corruption they did it properly. At the height of his power Eddie Obeid was running the state government and half of Circular Quay. Daryl Maguire was struggling to sell cutlery to the Wagga Wagga RSL. It’s not plausible, they protest, pointing to tapes and text messages that clearly show Gladys Berejiklian was at least passingly aware of some of her beau’s dealings.
Consider the obsession with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s boyish good looks, be they bearded or unbearded, black-faced or white. Likewise that with French President Emmanuel Macron and his wink-wink nudge-nudge older wife. Because while simplistic goons on the far edges see politics as black and white, in the real world it is all grey – and there are more than fifty shades.Source:News Corp AustraliaIn a black and white world Berejiklian would almost certainly be gone. Indeed it is arguable that a male premier publicly exposed on tape saying “I don’t need to know about that bit” – when his MP squeeze confided in him about a questionable business deal – would be instantly eliminated.
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