And the rolling political disasters continue to arrive on NSW Premier Perrottet's doorstep

 

NSW Premier & Liberal MP for Epping Dominic Francis Perrottet has found that February 2023 is not a kind month for election campaigning.

First, the questions concerning the yet to be revealed NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) report into the actions of the then NSW Premier & Liberal MLA for Willoughby, Gladys Berejiklian, will not go away on social media.

Then he was forced to refer an Audit Office of New South Wales report on the misapplication of 2019 bushfire funding grants by the office of former Deputy Premier & Nationals MLA for Monaro John Barilaro to ICAC for its consideration.

That was quickly followed by news that five prominent member of the NSW Liberal Party, including two of his brothers, were evading notification of their required attendance at a NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Allegations of impropriety against agents of the Hills Shire Council and property developers in the region. Forcing the Legislative Council Portfolio Committee No. 7 – Planning and Environment to employ process servers to delivers the five summons.

And now this…...

The premier has condemned the actions of one of his MPs who's circulated pornographic images of women in parliament. Upper house Liberal @PeterPoulosMLC has admitted to spreading naked photos of the MP as part of a political 'get square'. https://t.co/OF81oZXOfr #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/2XWldYBzxv

— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) February 14, 2023

Current Parliamentary Secretary for Wollongong and the Illawarra & Liberal MLC Peter Poulos is an unelected member of NSW Upper House, having been parachuted in as replacement after John Ajaka resigned in 2021. Poulos' term of service expires during the 57th Parliament on 3 March 2023. Given the nature of his admitted wrongdoing Premier Dominic Perrottet needs to kick him out of the Liberal Party right now. Matt Kean and others need to insist that this happens.

Sandwiched in between these glaring political sins, there was also a report by The Australia Institute, which in some detail pointed out that in the Baird-Berejiklian-Perrottet years of  back-to-back Coalition governments, the only people who had a fair chance of a long average life expectancy in New South Wales were those living in the Greater Sydney metropolitan area. The rest of us running the risk of having on average between 2.2 and 5.4 years less in our lifespans – depending on exactly where in remote and regional NSW we live.

BACKGROUND

ABC News:

• Wednesday, 11 January 2023

  Release of ICAC report on Daryl Maguire, Gladys Berejiklian delayed

Twitter:

• Friday, 10 February 2023

Why is it taking so many years for NSW ICAC to release its findings on Gladys & her former boyfriend Darryl when the #RobodebtRC has confirmed it should have its findings ready, for obviously a much bigger scandal, only approx. 1 month after hearings end? 🤔

— stranger (@strangerous10) February 10, 2023

North Coast Voices:

• Tuesday, 14 February 2023

  Only 39 days remaining until the NSW state election and Liberal MP for Epping & Premier Dominic Perrottet's troubles are multiplying.

• Wednesday, 15 February 2023

  NSW State of Play 2023: governments being 'city-centric' has consequences that follow remote & outer regional populations to their graves

• Thursday, 16 February 2023

  Has the NSW Premier's brother Charles Perrottet followed property developer Jean Nassif's example and left the country or has he otherwise made himself 'unavailable'?