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NSW election delivers Liberal win, Gladys Berejiklian becomes first elected female Premier of NSW

Posted by Migaloo
Tags: politics, australia.nsw, elections, gladys berejiklian
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-23/nsw-election-results-see-coalition-return/10929808

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Berejiklian becomes first woman to win a NSW election, but could face minority government
Published
Mar 23 2019
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    Migaloo
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    I think this election result speaks loudly that people are still not concerned with the state of the environment or climate change. Considering the NSW liberal government oversaw the...

    I think this election result speaks loudly that people are still not concerned with the state of the environment or climate change.

    Considering the NSW liberal government oversaw the miss-management of the Murray darling basin resulting in huge fish die offs https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-01-16/what-caused-menindee-fish-kill-drought-water-mismanagement/10716080

    As well as approving record land clearing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/04/clearing-of-native-vegetation-in-nsw-jumps-800-in-three-years

    Plus just the general stance of the party is anti environment. Pro big Ag and big Fossil fuel.

    Personally I find this very disheartening and makes me feel a bit sick, but I guess it's to be expected in Australia at the moment. We are failing to meet our end of the Paris agreement and continue to heavily promote coal.

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    1. Algernon_Asimov
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      To be fair, that's more of a federal issue than a state one. The recent inquiry into the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (which is a federal body, set up with the agreement of the states) basically...

      Considering the NSW liberal government oversaw the miss-management of the Murray darling basin resulting in huge fish die offs

      To be fair, that's more of a federal issue than a state one. The recent inquiry into the Murray-Darling Basin Authority (which is a federal body, set up with the agreement of the states) basically said it wasn't doing its job properly.