Gladys Berejiklian's confessions bring her 'school captain' image undone

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ANALYSIS: Gladys Berejiklian's confessions bring her 'school captain' image undone

It's been a week full of surprising confessions from Gladys Berejiklian.

From her acceptance that she failed to follow her own health advice, to her startling admission her Government pork-barrelled: it's perhaps a sign the Premier has grown accustomed to a level of popularity untouched by scandal.Her decision to take a COVID test and then not self-isolate is at best a lapse in judgement and at worst blatant double standards.

Voters don't like one rule for them and one rule for leaders — especially if those voters have lost wages, missed worked opportunities or personal celebrations because they did the right thing after having their COVID test. The Ruby Princess fiasco aside, the electorate views Ms Berejiklian's handling of the pandemic as hugely successful, even perhaps agreeing with the Prime Minister's assessment of NSW having the "gold standard" response.The Premier was in Parliament when she should have self-isolated after her COVID test.

And it's not the only decision that's come back to bite her, with another problem that's plagued her surfacing again.

 

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She's in the wrong job, maybe the voters will send her packing.

This isn’t about her image ABC. We are beyond that. Your reporting should be asking whether she goes to prison or not.

You’d be hard pressed to find a major news outlet calling a man a school captain. They’d go with diligent, respected.. women are constantly infantilised in the most boring ways.

Yep 2 sets of rules others don't show symptoms and are positive what made you an exception.

The school captain who'd been having an affair with a local small-time crook.

No problem with this story. Now do disgraceful Dan.

Cannot understand how she still has a job! Time to go , Shredder.

Haven't you got some climate change crap to post today or are Turnbull and Rudd on holidays?

'School Captain' image?! Do you know what I thought of my School Captains Fragile overachievers within a FRAG of committing suicide, themselves. Pretty on the surface but don't actually DO much of anything. All status, no substance. Hmmm maybe she DOES fit the bill.

Needs to go. Badly tainted with the Maguire ICAC now this grants rort.

NSW leadership becoming more and more like the last 2 seasons of Rake!

Talk about double standards the crazy left media arm of the ABC going after Gladys for not self isolating yet super Dan has 817 dead Victorians that won't see Christmas and there's not a word.

Her reputation and lies are unraveling like a skein of wool!

Crazy left media the ABC on double standards seriously.

her clean skin face mask was a fake she is just as bad as other politicians She had another politician under the bed

.GladysB behaviour demonstrates a weakness of our now quaint 19C Parliamentary procedures. They worked when 'honourable' politicians resigned. In 21C we must remove discretion, and have ethics legislation interpreted by 3 retired judges. auspol

Hmmm... I’m no fan of Gladys Berejiklian or the LNP, however, I can’t help but wonder whether female politicians are being held to a higher standard than their male counterparts. Does a woman have to be a saint to succeed in politics?

The ABC seems obsessed with bringing this woman down. How about the lies and manipulation of the Victorian Premier ? Do you think you might concentrate on that far more important corruption ?

The Armenian-Australian is joining the long line of British-Australians famous for all sorts of bastardry including on us, Australian Natives, since landing here as migrants from their shitholes in Europe over the last 250 years!

Hey Gladys... if you finished with that shredder.....you could send it to the greatest POTUS of all time.. him needs it...

NSW Government's $32 billion renewable energy plan & Labour NSW ultimate betrayal of working people. More Cost on our power bills

'Her decision to take a COVID test and then not self-isolate is at best a lapse in judgement and at worst blatant double standards.' WTF? At worst it could kill hundreds of people and lock down an entire state. This is a puff piece. Sh*t journalism from Ashley Raper.

*Gladys Berejiklian's crimes... Fixed.

Oh come on this Leader is on the nose🤮 Go👎

nice of you aussie Pravda now about your role in manufacturing that image or did you get 'sucked in' as you're pretending to stand back and expose what your propaganda has created

Gladys is Corrupt by name corrupt by nature

If she was a female Labor leader, she would have been destroyed ages ago.

I just searched Pornhub for 'Gladys School Captain' and got zero hits so I think this story checks out 👍

Still waiting for you to cover the 800 dead in Vic. You guys ate too busy reporting on a liberal.

No integrity left. Once that’s gone, much like trump, anything she says holds no weight! Time to go!

School librarian, more likely.

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