“It’s definitely harder when you don’t have an iconic figure that people are unified in opposition to,” Holmes à Court told theHerald.
“Our polling shows that people don’t love Dom,they think he’s a bit weird,they don’t love his religiosity,but ... he’s not as divisive a figure as Scott Morrison.”
He said while the NSW government had done some good work in its energy policies,it was let down by the number of coal and gas projects it had approved since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed.
“Its energy policy is pointed in the right direction,but on emissions,by approving this constant stream of coal and gas projects we see a government that hasn’t gotten the memo,” he said.
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Scruby said support for a bill she plans to introduce to parliament to scuttlethe controversial PEP11 – also opposed by both major parties – and meaningful gambling reform would be the conditions of her backing either major party.
“I have a[gambling] policy which will definitely be part of a negotiation package,” Scruby said.
That package includes a cashless gambling card,maximum spin bets of $1,banning the broadcast of gambling advertisements,and the introduction of a national gambling regulator.
The teal candidates – who also included Joeline Hackman in Manly,Judy Hannan in Wollondilly and Helen Conway in North Shore – will campaign on improving integrity measures in the wake of numerous pork barrelling and corruption scandals that have plagued the NSW government.
As the Liberal Party faces a teal battle to the east of the city,Labor on Sunday held a campaign in Sydney’s west where Minns promised to improve integrity in government by referring all major natural disaster relief packages to the Auditor-General.
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The move comes after last week’s report into a NSW bushfire recovery scheme found the office of former deputy premier John Barilarointervened in a $100 million bushfire recovery program and altered the guidelines,resulting in Labor electorates missing out on emergency funding.
Minns will on Monday promise $10 million to new school classrooms in Liberal heartland,including Cammeray and Northbridge public,as NSW Labor seeks to remove political boundaries from funding announcements.
“Under Labor,it doesn’t matter where you live or who your local member of parliament is,funding will go where the need is,” Minns said.
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