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Malcolm Turnbull has been axed from his new job as chair of the NSW Net-Zero Emissions and Clean Economy Board.
The former Liberal prime minister, who was appointed to the five-year role just last week, has ruffled coalition feathers by supporting a moratorium on new coal mines in NSW.
Mr Turnbull blamed his axing on "the right-wing media ecosystem".
"It's just thuggery," he told the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Premier Gladys Berejiklian stressed that while she admired and respected Mr Turnbull, his appointment "unfortunately for everyone concerned ... was proving to be a distraction".
She dodged a question about whether the decision had been made in a bid to win the looming Upper Hunter by-election, in a seat where the mining industry was a major employer.