Analysis: Dominic Perrottet looks to the crossbench to help his minority government
It was purely coincidence that on Friday morning two ministers in the
Why? Because this week another of Berejiklian’s former ministers, Gareth Ward, was charged by NSW police over allegations of sexual abuse against a man and a 17-year-old boy dating back several years. What exactly he meant by “remove” became the subject of some dispute. By the next day the government was making a half-hearted attempt to claim the premier had not been suggesting Ward would be expelled from the parliament.
He disagrees, and issued a statement shortly after the motion passed saying he would “continue to represent and lobby for my local community”. While Ward had friends and enemies on both sides of the aisle, the eagerness to keep him on side could come back to bite the government. This week the NSW upper house passed a motion seeking all ministerial communication with the MP in the 10 months since he moved to the crossbench. It could make for uncomfortable reading.In December, Labor tried to block a bill which wound back pandemic-era workers’ compensation laws.
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