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Last modified on Fri 14 May 2021 00.20 EDT Revelations that New South Wales police are investigating sexual violence allegations against Liberal MP Gareth Ward have plunged the Berejiklian government deeper into minority government and could reverberate in the approaching Upper Hunter byelection. The news, which broke on Thursday afternoon, is also inflaming tensions within the Coalition, particularly as the 22 May byelection was triggered by allegations of sexual misconduct by a Nationals MP. The new, unrelated revelations have the potential to highlight standards of behaviour in the NSW par...

Premier won’t force Gareth Ward to quit over sexual violence allegations We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she will not force Gareth Ward to quit politics while police are investigating the former minister for allegations of sexual violence. Ms Berejiklian said she was “shocked and distressed” by the allegation but said Mr Ward had done the right thing by moving to the crossbench. Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she was “shocked” to hear the alleg...

Last modified on Fri 14 May 2021 16.02 EDT Standing on a hill overlooking the sprawling maze of paddocks he’s worked all his 71 years, Ian Moore rattles off the names of Nationals MPs he’s supported in the Upper Hunter during his 50 years as a member of the party. Col Fisher, the local MP for 18 years from 1970, lived just over the hill from Moore’s farm in Jerrys Plains, a tiny village west of Singleton. Fisher was “an honourable” man, he remembers. So too George Souris, who held the seat from 1988 until his retirement in 2015. “A gentleman,” Moore says. Mo...

Advertisement On the fence of a hilltop home in the Upper Hunter, a local construction manager and father of four is smiling down reassuringly on the traffic below. It’s the cardboard face of Dave Layzell, the Nationals party candidate plucked to save the regional state electorate – and help manage the woes of Berejiklian minority government – in next week’s make or break byelection. Former Nationals candidate George Souris stands outside his home with poster for current candidate David Layzell. Credit:Kate Geraghty The fence line is prime real estate for Layzell’s ca...

Dysfunction is slowly engulfing Gladys Berejiklian’s government We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss May 15, 2021 — 5.30am May 15, 2021 — 5.30am Save Normal text size Advertisement In just 10 weeks, two separate sexual assault allegations, a corruption inquiry and disloyalty have claimed four MPs from the Berejiklian government. So dire is the situation, the Coalition – which 10 years ago celebrated the largest electoral win in Australian history – is now barely clinging to power. Premier Gladys Berejiklian is popula...