By Riley Stuart.
She is a private woman who supports same-sex marriage, is compassionate towards the plight of refugees and helped sign off on the Government’s signature infrastructure projects.
However, little else is known about new Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s policy agenda for New South Wales.
The daughter of Armenian migrants, Ms Berejiklian was elected in the seat of Willoughby with a razor-thin margin in 2003, but 14 years on, where does she stand on the state’s hot-button issues?
Council amalgamations.
This would loom as an early headache for Ms Berejiklian after The Nationals’ announcement on Friday they would no longer support the policy in regional areas.
Several municipalities around NSW are fighting forced amalgamations in the courts, and the hot-button issue continues to be an open wound for the Government.
Ms Berejiklian’s position on forced amalgamations is unclear.
What about WestConnex?
NSW’s top infrastructure priority is a pet project for Ms Berejiklian, who was transport minister when stage one was rubber-stamped in 2011.
She also held the transport portfolio when the light-rail link from Circular Quay to Randwick was announced in 2012.
The state’s big infrastructure projects are her projects.
And the environment?
A clue to her position on issues like climate change could be contained in her inaugural speech to the NSW Parliament in 2003 where she described her local community as passionate about natural heritage and the environment.