Sky News host Graham Richardson is confident Gladys Berejiklian will remain the premier of New South Wales, saying the push to oust her from the Liberal leadership is “flimflam”.
A group of rebel Liberal MPs will prompt a leadership spill on Tuesday over the state's abortion legislation. Speaking to Paul Murray, Mr Richardson said “there’s no serious challenge” to Ms Berejiklian and that to “dump her” would be “so stupid, so monumentally crazy”. Image: News Corp Australia
SkyNewsRicho GladysB Well Richo obviously doesn't get it-no stakes r higher than the right to life.Good on TanyaDaviesMP
SkyNewsRicho GladysB Australian politics is giving Italian politics a run for its money in the crazy stakes. People actually voted against their own best interests. Madness.
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