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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/both-leaders-are-decent-smart-and-capable-but-one-offers-a-more-ambitious-vision-for-nsw-20230321-p5ctwp.html
Tony P
On Friday, 24 March 2023 at 20:38:59 UTC+11 Greg Sutherland wrote:
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> https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/four-more-years-let-s-give-the-other-bloke-a-go-20230323-p5curp.html
> Four more years! Let’s give the other bloke a go
> March 24, 2023
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> Claiming that Dominic Perrottet deserves another go because he has a
> courageous vision is facile. The *Herald’s* editorial (“One leader offers
> a more ambitious vision
> https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/both-leaders-are-decent-smart-and-capable-but-one-offers-a-more-ambitious-vision-for-nsw-20230321-p5ctwp.html”,
> March 24) skates over the NSW Liberal government’s terrible track record
> and highlights a couple of promises that are seen as big picture. It
> attacks Minns’ policies as small targets but grudgingly admires his
> pragmatic approach. The *Herald* is dismissive of Minns’ giving a
> well-deserved pay rise to nurses, firefighters and teachers by saying it
> might be costly to taxpayers if the productivity gains aren’t realised. We
> can already see how many valuable workers in these sectors are leaving. A
> pay rise is the first step in clawing back productivity. Even weighing up
> all that is said in the editorial I can’t see how it came to its conclusion
> to back Perrottet.
> *Beverley Fine, Pagewood*
> [image: Moir cartoon.]
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> Moir cartoon.Credit:Fairfax
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> As a long-term subscriber and reader of the *Herald* I am quite used to
> your conservative stance, but your editorial might have mentioned the badly
> handled Ruby Princess fiasco, the Gladys Berejiklian developer scandals,
> the serious watering down of environmental laws, the surge of
> privatisation, the outsourcing of transport manufacturing and the
> deliberate defunding of public education. Although I realise the latter
> enables private schools to lavishly boast of their ‘superiority’ in
> constant advertising. All in all I prefer the Cathy Wilcox summation of
> tomorrow’s electoral status.
> *Nola Tucker, Kiama*
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> The *Herald *recommends the re-election of the Perrottet government
> because the premier should be given another four years to show what he can
> do for the state. I think the majority in that state know very well what
> another four years of the Liberals and Nationals running NSW would be like
> – more privatisation, more underfunding of our hospitals and public
> schools, more underpaying our valuable frontline workers/teachers/nurses,
> more backroom deals for the big end of town and Liberal Party toadies. It’s
> time to give the other bloke a go, whatever your reservations on his stance
> over cashless gaming might be.
> *Evan Parsons, Thornleigh*
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> I am sure this letter will not be published, but I have to express my
> complete shock and disappointment that the *Herald* has taken the
> editorial position of supporting the re-election of a hopelessly
> compromised and incompetent state government. Obviously, the Editor is not
> reading the letters pages.
> *Dennis Metcalf, Drummoyne*
> [image: Cathy Wilcox]
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> Cathy WilcoxCredit:Fairfax
> Advertisement
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> Thank you so much for today’s cartoon. I was so gladdened to see it on the
> opposite page of the whole page endorsement of the present Liberal
> government. It was a beacon of sanity and hope to counteract the Editor’s
> viewpoint.
> *Susan Leong, Rose Bay*
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