Gladys Berejiklian has thanked the people of NSW for re-electing her government – and for voting for a woman with a long surname to be premier.
While several seats still hang in the balance, Ms Berejiklian said the Liberal Party would concede no seats lost on Saturday evening.
“First and foremost, I want to thank the people of this great state for having confidence in me and my government,” she said after claiming victory in Saturday’s election.
“My team and I will continue to work our guts out to make sure this state and its people continue to ensure that we have the best opportunities on this planet.”
She said her priorities would be to continue to provide a strong budget for the projects, infrastructure and services for the state.
“We will continue to govern for all of us, for all of you,” Ms Berejiklian said.
Ms Berejiklian, whose family migrated to Australia from Armenia, said she was most proud that “no matter what your background … everyone has the chance to be their best”.
Thank you NSW! pic.twitter.com/Z4eSZmUAxi
— Gladys Berejiklian (@GladysB) March 23, 2019
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NSW Election:
- Strong Sydney LIB vote
- Poor ALP result
- Poor NAT result
Voters want infrastructure and the NSW LIB have delivered on that front for Sydney. The mass privatisation of assets and continual increasing population of Sydney might hurt them in 2023. But if the NSW ALP don't reform their party they won't pose a threat.
What I find really interesting is that Labor promised massive upgrades to our hospital here in regional NSW and the majority of people would still rather vote Nat's over Labor even though many are sick of being ignored and watching Sydney get all the money, they moan about it all the time but they still voted 69% for the Nat's.
The NAT party have a veneer of being for the country people.
They haven't delivered, and without change nothing will improve.
I thought it very telling in the McCormack/Aly interview where McCormack admitted he could't think of one time the Nats chose farmers over coal interests. How much more evidence do country people need?
Since rural voters don't vote ALP, the ALP don't allocate resources into rural seat campaigning. So it's a vicious cycle.
The upcoming Federal Election will be the litmus test for the NAT party, where I reckon the SFF party and IND candidates will procure votes and win a few seats.
Goodbye TAFE, women's refuges, wildlife habitat, and hello expensive contracts for mates of mates. As for you, Labor, it would've been nice if you;d have shown up in the last four years and been an active opposition party. We may've had a chance.