I have a lot of respect for Liberal MP Matt Kean.
He has after all been front and centre in progressing NSW in terms of climate action whilst in government in this state.
However, I have to think he has been misguided in his reading of the mood of the electorate following the ICAC report on former Premier Gladys Berejiklian.
NSW is thankful for her capable handling of the pandemic, but perhaps we should be thanking Daryl McGuire instead.
Apparently both he and Ms Berejiklian subscribed to the theory that (in her own words) “he was the boss”.
Matt Kean, in the meantime, has been exposed to the unfortunate Liberal malaise of believing rules that apply to everyone else don’t apply to them as Members of Parliament.
Even after a year from the preliminary hearings, Ms Berejiklian told the investigation that if she had her time over, she still wouldn’t declare that she was in a personal relationship with McGuire.
Yet, they had discussed marriage and children.
Seriously!
Thank goodness for ICAC is what I think.
It’s no good carrying on about how long they took over their investigation.
They must be scrupulously thorough in their investigation so outcomes can be without question.
I too would have liked to have seen this report handed down before the last State election in March.
However, in order to do their thorough, comprehensive and good work, they need to be funded appropriately.
Instead of bagging the ICAC on how slow they are, perhaps the question we should be asking is how much more funding is urgently required.
There’s little more demeaning to women than the boys defending Ms Berejiklian by saying she’s a good woman who was taken in by a cad.
Would we be having this conversation is the Ms was a Mr?
I am quite sure that Ms Berejiklian was as capable of making an ethical decision as anyone else … male, female or intersex.
She chose not to do so.
It is on her head and her head alone.
Where is Simon Longstaff when you need him?
Time to ramp up the lessons in ethics in every parliament across this country.
Email, Jun 30
Lyndall Davis, Green Point