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If last year was not remarkable enough, Gladys Berejiklian defied political logic and survived a sex scandal that would have ended the career of perhaps any other politician.
Far from career-ending, the shock of her relationship with an MP accused of corruption did not damage her stocks. Rather, weeks after it was revealed, her approval rating was sky-high at 64 per cent. And the Premier is starting 2021 from a similar position of strength as she did in 2020 after she navigated the Black Summer bushfires.
Now for the next mountain . Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Wednesday.
Credit:Kate Geraghty
Berejiklianâs stewardship through the pandemic mirrored her approach to the bushfires: calm, considered and competent. She is at her best in a fast-moving crisis.
Residents on Sydney's lower north shore say their concerns about the new Western Harbour Tunnel's high-impact construction and smoke stacks have been all but ignored by the NSW Government.
She backed the anthem change, now Berejiklian should right a wrong on the Sydney Harbour Bridge
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The new Harbour BridgeClimb experience in collaboration with the Sydney Festival is fantastic and long overdue: the first Indigenous storytelling bridge climbing tour, led by Indigenous guides.
One glaring disappointment cannot be fixed by the politically agnostic BridgeClimb, nor by Wesley Enoch, the festival’s Indigenous artistic director.
It sits with the Premier – a directive she should make now she has returned from leave: gently change protocol and replace the NSW flag atop the Harbour Bridge with the Aboriginal flag, to fly alongside the national one.