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Former NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet resigns from parliament

Former NSW Liberal treasurer Matt Kean has been appointed the chair of the Climate Change Authority.

Former NSW Treasurer Matt Kean has announced his resignation from state parliament, ending his 13 years as the member for Hornsby. Mr Kean dashed rumours he was making a tilt for federal politics, saying he would be pursuing opportunities in the private sector. The Liberal MP made the announcement with his wife Wendy and four-year-old son Tom in a snap press conference on Tuesday afternoon, just hours after Labor Treasurer Daniel Mookhey handed down his second NSW state budget.

Gladys Berejiklian (pictured), the former Premier of NSW, is launching a legal challenge to ICAC's finding that she broke the ministerial code by refusing to disclose her relationship with her estranged partner and fellow ex-MP Daryl Maguire (right). Ms Berejiklian's lawyers appeared in court on Monday in an attempt to reverse the finding that she was involved in'serious corrupt activity.' The ICAC's findings refer to two multimillion dollar grants, to the Australian Clay Target Association and the Riverina Conservatorium of Music, in Mr Maguire's former constituency of Wagga Wagga.

Cate Faehrmann (left) a Greens MP, has urged the NSW government to criminalize cocaine as a way to combat the state's drug epidemic and derail Sydney's drug market. Since drug kingpin Alen Moradian was executed in Bondi Junction, a series of shootings have been reported around the state, with police claiming all incidents have the same ingredient, heroin. The Greens MP claims that legislation will be what drug lords will 'fear the most'.

The NSW government has been slammed after an injured man spent almost 19 hours in a hospital emergency waiting room at Sydney's Blacktown Hospital overnight. Hundreds of protesters gathered, with some sleeping on the floor and others seated beside a shackled prisoner (pictured right) and under armed guard. Gary Radford (pictured right) was among them.

Warren Mundine says the vicious personal attacks that have targeted him as a leading campaigner against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament have pushed him to commit suicide. He expressed reservations for fellow No advocate Jacinta Price. Mr Mundine said that the mistreatment of his ancestors for mining money has frequently accused him of selling his ancestors' money, and that he and Senator Price have both been branded 'race traders.' According to recent polls, the Voice's prospects have become more skeptic, while racial allegations against the No campaign have also surfaced.

Louis Denton, a Melbourne wealthy-lister who with influencer Katherine is one of the city's most popular celebrity couples, was sentenced to earth in April after he pleaded guilty to refuse a random breath test. Mr Denton, 30, pleaded guilty to charges of avoiding a RBT and failing to follow a police direction following an incident in April, 2021. Mr Denton, the senior partner and chairman of an accounting company, is also a major contributor to the Voice's No campaign, and the couple is currently on a long trip to Britain, Europe, and Turkey.

In one state, the remarkable rolling of a 60-tonne truck (pictured left) carrying a $300,000, 68-meter wind turbine blade has resulted in significant repercussions. The lesson about preparing for future challenges in Muswellbrook, NSW, has been learned over the past four years, but it was definitely more expensive, with a local bridge (pictured right) having to be knocked or bypassed.

Advance Australia, a right-wing advocacy group, has declined an anti-Voice cartoon depicting Indigenous Yes23 campaigner as a boy with torn shorts grabbing a wad of cash as a racist stereotype. Former Liberal NSW treasurer Matt Kean's full-page advert that ran in the Australian Financial Review on Thursday has sparked a storm of sluggish reactions. The Advance Australia spokesperson denied that the cartoon was racist and said it was a parody of "the close friendship between Teel politicians, do-gooder corporate elites, and radical activists."

After catching a light while smoking a cigarette in a wheelchair, a nursing home resident and amputee died of horrific burns, seen here. Michael Nagle (pictured left), 72, was reportedly left unattended for a period of time at RSL LifeCare in Condobolin, 457 kilometers west of Sydney, for the fuller.

Gladys Berejiklian was found to have been complicit in misconduct and to have violated the public's confidence by her clandestine friendship with ex-MP Daryl Maguire. On Thursday, the long-awaited Independent Commission Against Corruption found their findings, putting an end to a long line of nearly two years for a decision on the former prime minister's conduct. However, Mr Kean said it shouldn't have taken the commission so long to find that the former prime minister had a mystery boyfriend.

Gladys Bejiklian's (pictured) spectacular fall from being the NSW premier admired for her tenacious treatment of the pandemic to'seriously corrupt' took nearly 1,000 days. It was 990 days ago that she shocked colleagues, fellow MPs, and her own family by admitting to a mystery five-year 'close personal relationship' with Daryl Maguire.

After the black dot persisted for weeks, a school teacher was shocked to learn he had cancer. When Matt Kean was doing yard work one weekend, he noticed a tiny lump in his thigh, which turned out to be Stage 3 metastatic melanoma.

When Liberal MPs returned to parliament on Friday, former attorney general Mark Speakman (left with Gladys Berejiklian and Andrew Constance; right in his formal legal attire) secured a party room vote in NSW parliament. On Friday morning, he had previously announced that he would run for NSW opposition leader, after a slew of MPs gave their support behind the Cambridge-educated MP from Cronulla. As he entered parliament with the pair, Mr Speakman told reporters, 'I'm working on a united team with Damien Tudehope and Natalie Ward.'

Stan Grant, the BBC's top bosses, sent ABC's top reporter a scathing email to slam its 'entire white panel' for its NSW election coverage. On Saturday night, David Speers and Sarah Ferguson presided over the panel, with appearances from NSW treasurer Matt Kean and Labor frontbencher Penny Sharpe. Grant wondered how it was 'acceptable' and accused the broadcaster of using non-white journalists as 'cameos'. The corporation, according to ABC Director News Justin Stevens, values Grant's input and encourages constructive dialogue.'

Following a Labor victory, Matt Kean dropped out of a fight to lead the NSW Liberal Party. According to a Liberal Party insider, the green energy campaign had cost it seats in western Sydney and in retirement electorates.

Premier Dominic Perkins and Labor leader Chris Minns have campaigned hard in key positions in western Sydney, where many believe the election will be decided if polls are tight going into Saturday. And now Mr. Latham (left) and his One Country group, which is contesting 17 lower house seats, have been accepted. They are causing turbulence in western Sydney, splitting the election in several seats. One Nation polled 14% in Camden's Liberal seat in 2019, and Mr Latham is expecting another strong showing for his party. One Nation may have a key role in winning Labor's destiny if they match or exceed 2019's results.

Premier Dominic Perrin and Labor's Chris Minns have laid out their plans for transforming New South Wales, a fortnight before the state election, from housing and toll roads to defamation points and rising cost of living. Daily Mail Australia quizzed both leaders on what their plans were for some of Australia's most challenging topics ahead of the state election on March 25. Gladys Bejiklian's replacement, Mr Perrottet, has made a career out of building houses, provided insurance for renters, establishing new roles for teachers, and investing money into upgrading state hospitals and health facilities.

One Nation NSW chief Mark Latham (left) has outlined the key policy areas for his party going into the state election on March 25, including lowering power bills (right) and reversing the decline in students (inset). He claims that people are turning to'minor parties' like his over Labor and Liberals, as well as branded rival leaders Chris Minns and Dominic Perpetet as 'listless' and 'lacking inspiration,' despite the fact that there are no solutions to the state's serious problems.

During the federal election, Labor promised a $275 energy price cut by 2025. Two years after the time, electricity prices in NSW and 30 percent in Victoria have increased, and the public has been warned that energy prices will climb by 25% in NSW and 30 percent in Victoria, adding to the heat on Australians in the wake of the continuing cost of living crisis. On Tuesday, Matt Kean told reporters that Russia's devastation of Ukraine is the most likely explanation for rising costs. However, he failed to mention that his state government had rejected Origin Energy's 2021 bid to purchase Eraring coal power station, which is responsible for 25 percent of NSW's electricity, leading to the closure of 2025, seven years earlier than expected.

In some regions, Australian households will face significant electricity price increases in the coming months. The Australian Energy Regulator's draft default market offer decision for the 2023-24 financial year, which foreshadowed residential electricity price increases of between 19.5 and 23.7 percent depending on the state and provider.

According to estimates published by Sydney Radio Host Ben Fordham, coal fuel accounted for more than half of the state's electricity during a two-day heat wave, while renewable sources only marginally contributed. Fordham announced that two major NSW coal power plants are set to shut down, one in March, and that renewables and green energies might fill the void. He called on politicians to offer the public an apology for "demonizing coal" and that the rest of the world will view Australia as'morons' for moving away from something it had in abundance.

Chris Minns, the NSW Labor leader, (left and right with his wife Anna) has created a significant split in his party by hinting at the possibility of selling back Australia's largest coal-fired power station in an attempt to secure the state's energy supply and bring down electricity bills. Last week, the Australian Energy Market Operator warned that the east coast could face rolling blackouts with renewable energy production and natural gas in the next few years. Despite the imminent danger of the lights going out and rising retail energy prices, governments have reluctance to pour money into the fossil fuel industry, fearing backlash from environmentally aware voters. However, Mr Minns seems to be preparing Labor for a major change in energy policy ahead of the March 25 election. I'm not going to let the electricity run out in NSW,' he said.