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Stadiums, bushfires and a pandemic: how will Gladys Berejiklian be remembered as premier?
David Clune, University of SydneyGladys Berejiklian will be remembered as premier of NSW for her resilience, level-headedness, crisis management skills, and administrative competence — and, of course, the ICAC investigation that toppled her.
Decent, determined and hard-working, she was unflappable in adversity.
Berejiklian leaves a legacy of economic achievement and major infrastructure creation. She achieved a major milestone both personally and for women by being the first female NSW premier to win a general election.
Berejiklian's downfall derailed a career built on accountability and control. Now, who will replace her?
Energetic, effective and politically astute
Of Armenian descent, Berejiklian began her career in politics working for former Liberal leader Peter Collins. She was prominent in the Liberal moderates faction and was president of the Young Liberals. After a sojourn in banking, she was elected MP for Collins' former seat of Willoughby in 2003. She proved to be an energetic, effective shadow transport minister.
Berejiklian impressed Liberal leader Barry O'Farrell, who became something of a mentor. When O'Farrell became premier in 2011, Berejiklian served in the important transport portfolio.
She was tipped as a possible future premier because of her strong performance. However, when O'Farrell resigned after misleading an ICAC inquiry in April 2014, Mike Baird had the numbers in the party room. Berejiklian, who was personally close to Baird, withdrew from the contest and was elected deputy leader. She was treasurer and industrial relations minister in the Baird government.
Berejiklian's time came when Baird resigned in January 2017 — she was elected Premier unopposed in late January 2017.
Berejiklian's policy direction was similar to that of her predecessor, with a strong focus on economics, infrastructure and public sector reform.
Also like Baird, Berejiklian was a small "l" liberal on social reform. She had a less outgoing personal style than Baird but succeeded in convincing the voters she was trustworthy, capable and sensitive to their needs.
The premier stabilised the government and showed it still had purpose and dynamism. She showed her political astuteness by quickly dumping the unpopular local government reforms that had been a factor in Baird's downfall.
The premier survived two rounds of threatening by-elections in April 2017, a sign the anti-government feeling that marked the end of Baird's term had diminished.
The serpentine politics of Sydney
The serpentine politics of Sydney sport and stadiums left Berejiklian wrong-footed at the end of 2017. She announced that both Allianz and Homebush stadiums in Sydney would be simultaneously demolished and rebuilt at an estimated cost of A$2.5 billion.
It was a major miscalculation that would haunt Berejiklian. Public reaction was overwhelmingly negative, a common theme being that it was a gross misuse of public funds to rebuild two stadiums, one only 17-years-old, instead of financing vital community facilities. The premier backtracked on the demolition of Homebush but much public resentment remained about Allianz.
In her campaign for the March 2019 election, Berejiklian ran largely on the government's record.
The economy was performing well compared to other states, the public finances were in the best condition they had been in for a long time, and the infrastructure budget for the next four years was close to $90 billion. Labor leader Michael Daley made opposition to the demolishing and rebuilding of Allianz Stadium the spearhead of his campaign.
While not a flashy or magnetic campaigner, Berejiklian stayed "on message" and came across as sincere and conscientious. The result was a triumphant victory for her. The government's two-party preferred vote was 52% and its primary vote 42% — 9% higher than Labor's.
The premier had persuaded enough voters that the government had significant achievements to its credit and was better equipped to deliver more in the future.
Through bushfires and COVID
The last years of Berejiklian's term were marked by skilful handling of major crises. Like other parts of Australia, in January 2020, NSW was ravaged by a devastating bushfire season, in which 25 lives were lost.
Unlike Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Berejiklian emerged from the bushfire crisis with enhanced prestige.
As political commentator Niki Savva, writing in The Australian, put it:
When the fires hit NSW, she made a point of being there, every day, standing next to the fire chief, Shane Fitzsimmons, supporting him and allowing him to do his job. She visited affected communities. Her embraces were accepted. No one refused to shake her hand.
No sooner had the bushfires ceased than the state was plunged into another crisis with the outbreak of coronavirus. Berejiklian responded in much the same way, this time with Chief Medical Officer, Kerry Chant, by her side.
The second NSW COVID outbreak proved to be more difficult and unpredictable to manage but by the time of her resignation the situation was coming under control.
Although she had been criticised by some for her handling of the crisis, Berejiklian's calm, competent, communicative approach would seem to have resonated in the electorate.
ICAC's Operation Keppel
ICAC's Operation Keppel was inquiring into whether former Liberal MP for Wagga Daryl Maguire engaged in conduct that involved a breach of public trust.
Public hearings began in September 2020 and Berejiklian appeared as a witness in October.
In a disclosure that generated a widespread tsunami of shock, it was revealed the premier had been in a "close personal relationship" with Maguire from 2015 which had only recently ended.
Previously, the public persona of Berejiklian, who had never married, was that of a rather prim career woman wedded to her job.
Berejiklian said that she had no intention of quitting as she had done nothing wrong and most voters seemed to be sympathetic.
The general attitude was that she had made a miscalculation in her personal life, a not uncommon phenomenon, and did not deserve to be punished by losing her job.
As reporter Deborah Snow put it, writing in The Sydney Morning Herald,
there was relief inside the government that the crisis was playing out as a titillating love gone wrong scandal rather than a probity scandal.
The announcement of an ICAC inquiry into whether the premier had engaged in conduct that involved a "breach of public trust" as a result of her relationship with Maguire has precipitated her resignation.
She could have stepped aside pending the result of the inquiry, but instead has chosen to take the same course as O'Farrell, who decided to do the honourable thing and walk.
The long history of political corruption in NSW — and the downfall of MPs, ministers and premiers
David Clune, Honorary Associate, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Dominic Perrottet is set to become the next premier of NSW. Who is he?
Gregory Melleuish, University of WollongongIn many ways, this is the worst possible time for a new premier to take the helm in New South Wales. The resignation of John Barilaro as deputy premier creates an even greater mood of uncertainty and, perhaps, insecurity.
The state is due to open up, at least partially, in the next week, and with the end of lockdown will come a need for a different type of leadership than has been exhibited over the past few months. Gladys Berejiklian has done a reasonable job during the pandemic, as can be seen from the outpouring of support, even grief, at her decision to call it a day.
However, there have also been many complaints about her government's actions, particularly in the western suburbs of Sydney. She has at times appeared to be the premier for the north shore and eastern suburbs. For any Liberal premier of New South Wales, such a perception is extremely dangerous as elections are won in outer suburban and regional electorates.
In the 18 months before the next election, especially given the slender Coalition majority in the Legislative Assembly, the new premier will need to ensure, or at least create the perception, that the government is working on behalf of all of the state.
ICAC is not a curse, and probity in government matters. The Australian media would do well to remember that
Assuming Dominic Perrottet becomes the next premier, it is worth asking what he brings to that position and how it will affect the politics of the state over the next year. It is also worth pointing out that Perrottet, along with Planning Minister Rob Stokes, is from the north shore. That probably explains why he chose to run with Stuart Ayres, who represents the western Sydney seat of Penrith.
Both Perrottet and Ayres are quite young: Perrottet is 39; Ayres 41. They represent a new generation of leaders.
Perrottet grew up on the north shore, where he attended Redfield College and Oakhill College. Interestingly, neither school plays rugby league, compared to St Dominic's College, Penrith, which Ayres attended and which counts among its alumni Nathan Cleary, Des Hasler and Brad Fittler.
Perrottet's father works for the World Bank and he is one of 12 children. The family are religious Catholics.
Perrottet's further education and career indicate he followed in his father's footsteps in another way. He studied economics and law at university before working as a commercial lawyer.
He was elected to the state parliament in the landslide of 2011, at the tender age of 29. He quickly advanced up the ministerial ladder, primarily in economic portfolios. He began with finance in 2015, before advancing to industrial relations and then treasury and the deputy leadership of the Liberal Party in 2017.
Perrottet's rise demonstrates he is very capable and intelligent, and he has "topped the class" of those candidates who went into parliament in 2011.
Perrottet has risen quickly through the ranks since entering parliament in 2011.
Dan Himbrechts/AAP
But his career also says something about what it means to be on the right in the modern Liberal Party. In some ways, he resembles former Liberal leader Nick Greiner, as a highly financially literate technocrat who sees the world through a business lens. While Greiner's policies resonated on the north shore and in safe Liberal seats, they were his Achille's heel everywhere else. So in the 1991 election, Greiner increased his proportion of the vote in safe Liberal seats while losing crucial seats in other areas, leading to minority government.
The other important aspect of Perrottet's persona is his conservative Catholicism. One of his original sponsors was MLC David Clarke, a well-known conservative Catholic and leader of the conservatives in the Liberal Party. He is pro-life and opposed to assisted dying.
Perrottet has claimed his personal religious beliefs do not affect his work in public life. In any case, he requires the support of the moderates, who hold quite different moral and social values, to get legislation through.
His economic and financial experience will be far more important for his role as premier. He is focused very much on the economy and, as treasurer, aware of the huge debt that the state has incurred. Back in July, he reportedly opposed the extension of the current lockdown. He has also indicated he could change the current roadmap out of lockdown in the state.
In what seems to have been the perennial issue of the pandemic – public health versus the economy – there is no doubt Perrottet comes down on the side of the economy.
Certainly, the economy will loom larger as the state comes out of the worst of the pandemic. It is also the case that a focus on the economy will win him plaudits from the north shore, which has suffered fewer COVID cases than other areas of Sydney.
The problem is that the state still has to navigate its way through the lifting of restrictions and the consequences of that action. It is not clear, despite high levels of vaccination, that all will be plain sailing.
Berejiklian honed her public relations skills during the pandemic and demonstrated a capacity to reassure the wider population that there was light at the end of the tunnel. Even so, she did not reach everyone.
Perrottet is largely untested in these matters. He will need to reassure the people of New South Wales that his focus is not just economic and financial. He could well ponder the fate of Nick Greiner.
Gladys Berejiklian was able to reassure the people of NSW through the worst of the pandemic.
Joel Carrett/AAP
That situation will not be made easier by Barilaro's resignation. It is still somewhat of a mystery as to why he resigned. Could he really have been pushed into resignation by a nuisance YouTuber?
Whatever the reason, it will make the job of the new premier all the more difficult as it will be a new leadership team that seeks to guide NSW through largely uncharted waters.
How this new team handles those circumstances may well determine the outcome of the next state election.
Gregory Melleuish, Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Labor retains clear Newspoll lead with voters approving of AUKUS; Perrottet set to be next NSW premier
AAP/Dan Himbrechts
Adrian Beaumont, The University of MelbourneThis week's Newspoll, conducted September 29 to October 3 from a sample of 1,545, gave Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last fortnight's Newspoll. Primary votes were 37% Coalition (steady), 37% Labor (down one), 11% Greens (up one), 2% One Nation (down one) and 13% for all Others (up one).
It is likely Clive Palmer's United Australia Party makes up a sizeable fraction of the Others vote. UAP ads have been ubiquitous, and they won 3.4% at the 2019 election, more than the 3.1% for One Nation, although One Nation did not contest all seats.
49% were dissatisfied with Scott Morrison's performance (down one), and 48% were satisfied (up two), for a net approval of -1, up three points. Anthony Albanese's net approval improved one point to -10. Morrison led as better PM by 47-34 (47-35 last fortnight).
For the large majority of this term, each Newspoll has been conducted three weeks apart. The two-week gap this time suggests they will do more polls in the lead-up to the election, due by May 2022. Newspoll figures are from The Poll Bludger.
By 59-31, voters approved of the AUKUS agreement, though the question did not mention the time to get the new submarines. 46% thought AUKUS would make Australia more secure, 29% that it would make no difference and 14% thought it would make us less secure. By 75-15, voters thought China posed a significant threat to our national security.
Labor has had a lead of 53-47 or more in all Newspolls conducted since July, but I am sceptical this solid position for Labor will mean a victory at the election. Once vaccination targets are met and lockdowns ease in Melbourne and Sydney, the economy is likely to rapidly recover, boosting the Coalition's chances.
Furthermore, the Resolve polls in August and September have been far better for the Coalition than Newspoll. As I wrote after the late August Newspoll disagreed with Resolve, the different message in Resolve should not be ignored.
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The Guardian's datablog has 45.2% of the population (not 16+) fully vaccinated, up from 37.2% two weeks ago. We rank 33 of 38 OECD countries in share of population fully vaccinated, unchanged since last fortnight. The Age shows 56.5% of 16+ are fully vaccinated and 79.4% have received at least one dose.
Essential and Morgan polls
In last week's Essential poll, the federal government had a 45-30 good rating on its response to COVID (43-35 in mid-September, 39-36 in late August). The NSW government's good rating has surged 13 points since late August to 53%, while Victoria fell back to 44% good after rising six points to 50% in mid-September.
50% of Victorian respondents said they didn't have confidence in their state's roadmap out of lockdown, compared with 40% of NSW respondents.
A late September Morgan poll from a sample of 2,752 gave Labor a 54-46 lead, a 1.5% gain for Labor since the mid-September poll. Primary votes were 36% Coalition (down 2.5%), 36% Labor (up 1%), 12.5% Greens (down 0.5%), 3.5% One Nation (up 0.5%) and 12% for all Others (up 1.5%).
Essential vs Resolve's issue questions
In Essential, the Liberals had a 15-point lead over Labor on national security and a 10-point lead on economic management, while Labor led by 13 points on climate change, and 18 on fair wages and workplace conditions. Since October 2019, Labor has improved five points on the economy.
Essential's issue questions give very different outcomes from Resolve's, where Labor led the Liberals by just one point on the environment and climate change in September. Resolve gives a "someone else" option, and people who support the Greens on this issue select "someone else", but a large majority of them prefer Labor to the Liberals.
It is likely there is also a pro-incumbent skew in Resolve's questions, as they use "the Liberals and Morrison" versus "Labor and Albanese". Morrison has had large leads over Albanese as better PM, so this formulation likely skews towards the current PM.
Newspoll quarterly aggregate data: July to September
Newspoll provides state and demographic breakdowns from all its polls conducted during a three-month period. As reported by The Poll Bludger on September 27, the September quarter Newspoll data gave Labor a 52-48 lead in NSW, a two-point gain for Labor since the June quarter, and a four-point gain since the 2019 election.
In Victoria, Labor's lead blew out five points from June to 58-42, a five point gain for Labor since the last election. In Queensland, the Coalition led by 55-45, a two-point gain for them since July, but a 3.4% swing to Labor since the election. In WA, Labor led by 54-46, which would be a swing of almost 10% to Labor since the election.
Perrottet set to become next NSW premier
Gladys Berejiklian announced she would resign as New South Wales premier on Friday, owing to ICAC investigations. Media reports, such as in The Guardian, indicate that the right-aligned treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, is set to be elected NSW Liberal leader and thus premier at a Liberal party room meeting on Tuesday under a factional deal.
Berejiklian is also resigning as Member for Willoughby (held by 21.0%), so there will be a byelection soon. There will be other byelections in Bega (Lib 6.9%), where the Liberal MP Andrew Constance has announced he will contest the federal seat of Gilmore, and in Monaro (Nat 11.6%), as Nationals leader John Barilaro is retiring. Other NSW MPs may quit in the near future, so there could be several byelections on the same date.
Nobody wins German election
At the September 26 German election, the centre-left SPD won 25.7% (up 5.2% from 2017), the conservative CDU/CSU 24.1% (down 8.8%), the Greens 14.8% (up 5.9%), the pro-business FDP 11.5% (up 0.8%), the far-right AfD 10.3% (down 2.3%) and the far-left Left 4.9% (down 4.3%).
The Left was below the 5% threshold, but won three of the 299 single-member seats to barely retain a proportional allocation of seats. Right-wing parties combined defeated the combined left by a 45.9-45.4 margin, and this is reflected in parliament where left-wing parties won 363 of the 735 seats, just short of the 368 needed for a majority.
No other party will cooperate with the AfD, but no government of the left can be formed. Protracted negotiations are likely to achieve a governing coalition. I live blogged this election for The Poll Bludger.
Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Gladys Berejiklian quits premiership amid ICAC inquiry into links with former MP
Michelle Grattan, University of CanberraGladys Berejiklian has resigned as NSW premier after the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) announced it is investigating whether she breached "public trust" arising from a potential conflict of interest involving her personal relationship with disgraced former state MP Daryl Maguire.
Berejiklian, premier since 2017, told a news conference: "Resigning at this time is against every instinct in my being and something which I do not want to do.
"I love my job, and serving the community, but I have been given no option following the statement issued [by ICAC]."
She said standing aside wasn't an option for her because the NSW people "need certainty as to who their leader is during these challenging times of the pandemic".
"To continue as premier would disrupt the state government during a time when our entire attention should be focused on the challenges confronting New South Wales. I do not want to be a distraction from what should be the focus of the state government during this pandemic, which is the wellbeing of our citizens."
She will also resign from state parliament.
Her shock resignation comes at a critical point in the state's COVID crisis as it prepares to come out of lockdown, which is set to trigger increased cases and hospitalisations.
Scott Morrison has regarded Berejiklian as his closest ally among the premiers, notably because she favoured where possible keeping things open.
Morrison told a news conference she was a "dear friend". He had always found her "a person of the highest integrity".
ICAC is investigating her conduct between 2012 and 2018. It is looking at funding given to the Australian Clay Target Association and funding promised or awarded to the Riverina Conservatorium of Music in Wagga Wagga.
It is also investigating whether her conduct "was liable to allow or encourage" corrupt conduct by Maguire, who held the seat of Wagga Wagga between 1999 and 2018.
Berejiklian declared her innocence. "I state categorically, I have always acted with the highest level of integrity. History will demonstrate that I have always executed my duties with the highest degree of integrity for the benefit of the people of NSW."
Berejiklian's future was put in question when last year she gave evidence to ICAC about her close personal relationship with Maguire. During the hearing, damaging phone taps of calls between her and Maguire were played.
State treasurer Dominic Perrottet is considered the front-runner to replace her.
Berejiklian is the third Liberal premier to be claimed by ICAC – the others were Nick Greiner and Barry O'Farrell.
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Blunders aside, most Australians believe state premiers have been effective leaders during pandemic
James Ross/AAP
Samuel Wilson, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Swinburne University of Technology; Sylvia T. Gray, Swinburne University of Technology; Timothy Colin Bednall, Swinburne University of Technology, and Vlad Demsar, Swinburne University of Technology
Since 2018, we have tracked public perceptions of the leadership of various Australian institutions — including government — as part of our Australian Leadership Index.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic worsened in Australia in March, public perceptions of the federal and state governments were consistently poor. Political leaders were seen to be serving themselves and other vested interests, rather than the public interest.
However, since the start of the pandemic and the establishment of the National Cabinet in March, this has begun to change.
We collected data at three points during the pandemic — March, June and September. And for the first time since our data collection began in 2018, a majority of people said they felt the federal and state governments were exhibiting leadership for the greater good.
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State government leadership has improved since March
We have also tracked how the public has viewed the leadership of individual state governments.
While all state governments improved in our surveys from March to September, there have been marked differences in their approval ratings.
The government of WA Premier Mark McGowan has consistently been viewed as displaying the most leadership for the public good — topping out at 65% of respondents in September.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's government, meanwhile, has been at the bottom. Just 30% of our respondents said her government has shown a high degree of leadership for the greater good in September — up from 19% in March.
These findings are consistent with other surveys — Newspoll and Vox Pop Labs/ABC — from the first wave of the pandemic.
However, perhaps no other leader in the country has been under greater scrutiny than Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews.
Unlike other states, Victoria's numbers were relatively static from June to September during the state's harsh second lockdown. In June, 44% of respondents said they believed the Andrews's government was displaying a high degree of leadership for the greater good, and this modestly improved to 46% in September.
This could be seen as an unexpectedly good result in the context of the hotel quarantine debacle and the prolonged lockdown.
Andrews's government was not nearly as popular as McGowan's in our surveys, but it has tracked quite closely to NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian's government from March through September, and ahead of the Queensland government.
Closed borders and a budget surplus have helped buoy McGowan's popularity in WA.
Richard Wainwright/AAP
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A tale of two states
Given the markedly different experience of Victoria and NSW residents during the pandemic, it is instructive to compare public perceptions of both governments' leadership.
According to the model that underpins the Australian Leadership Index, the public regards an institution as leading for the greater good when it creates social, environmental and economic value for the whole of society in a way that is transparent, accountable and ethical. At least, this is how people judge leadership in normal times.
How the coronavirus pandemic is (finally) resulting in leadership for the greater good
Among NSW residents, there were some changes in the factors that underpinned perceptions of state government leadership through the pandemic. Transparency became increasingly important, for instance, while balancing the interests of different stakeholders became less so.
There was also a shift in what people felt was needed most by society. In March and June, respondents said good leadership involved creating positive social outcomes for people, but in September, this shifted to creating positive economic outcomes.
By contrast, among Victorians, there was a marked shift how people viewed good leadership from the first wave (March-June) to the second wave (June-September).
During the first wave, Victorians thought leadership for the common good was served by balancing the needs of different groups and focusing on the creation of positive social outcomes.
By September, however, far more people were concerned about the ethical standards of the government and its accountability.
Will people continue to rate state governments highly?
Despite the furious debate taking place in the media about personal freedoms and the proportionality of government measures to control the pandemic, at the community level, there appears to have been a more settled attitude to the reality of living in a COVID-19 world.
However, there are signs the public mood is turning and politics-as-usual is returning. State premiers are faltering. Federal and state government solidarity is ebbing away. None of this bodes well for community perceptions of government leadership.
Although leadership for the greater good is a complex, evolving phenomenon, people know it when they see it. Let us hope that political leaders have the moral conviction and imagination to sustain it.
Tensions rise on coronavirus handling as the media take control of the accountability narrative
Samuel Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology; Jason Pallant, Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology; Sylvia T. Gray, Research Assistant and Casual Academic, Swinburne University of Technology; Timothy Colin Bednall, Senior Lecturer in Management, Fellow of the APS College of Organisational Psychologists, Swinburne University of Technology, and Vlad Demsar, Lecturer of Marketing, Swinburne University of Technology
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Scott Morrison pledges 'absolute support' for Gladys Berejiklian
Scott Morrison has thrown his weight behind the embattled Gladys Berejiklian, ahead of Wednesday's evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption from disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire, with whom she had a "close personal relationship" for five years.
Morrison said Berejiklian, who had been "a tremendous premier", had his "absolute support".
Maguire, former Liberal member for Wagga Wagga, is due to give evidence over two days.
Berejiklian was grilled for several hours on Monday at ICAC, which is investigating whether Maguire misused his parliamentary position for financial gain. Tapped phone conversations were played in which he talked to her about his efforts to broker deals for property developers, notably a sale of land owned by Louise Waterhouse near Badgerys Creek, from which he hoped to get a huge commission.
Berejiklian, who says she did nothing wrong and is not being investigated, told a news conference after her ICAC appearance that she had "stuffed up" her personal life.
She only severed her secret relationship with Maguire recently, despite his resignation from state parliament in 2018, after his property activities came to light in an earlier ICAC inquiry.
Morrison said Berejiklian had shown "a lot of courage" on Monday.
"But I also thought she showed a lot of humility, which is the Gladys I know.
"We're all human. And particularly in those areas of our lives, and Gladys is an extremely private person, and a person of tremendous integrity. She's a great friend. And I know she's been getting many messages of support from her friends and colleagues and including from me … and Jenny."
Morrison thanked state ministers "Dom Perrottet and Brad Hazzard and the whole team down there in the New South Wales government" for "getting in behind her."
The last thing Morrison would want at the moment would be the removal of Berejiklian – he has repeatedly praised her government's performance as the "gold standard" in handling the pandemic and highlighted NSW's economic progress. So far there has been no sign of a move against her by colleagues and she has indicated her determination to tough out the scandal.
At ICAC on Tuesday Maggie Wang, a former business associate of Maguire, related what he had told her after his appearance at the earlier ICAC investigation. He had said words to the effect, "There's been an unfortunate accident where my phones and iPad have been run over by a tractor".
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Brand Gladys: how ICAC revelations hurt Berejiklian's 'school captain' image
Mark Rolfe, UNSW
"Blindsided" is a word originally derived from American football and means to be hit from a totally unexpected quarter by shocking information. Unsurprisingly, it's a word used often with the flashy US president, Donald Trump.
Until this week, it was not a word the people of New South Wales associated with the modest, determined and workaholic Gladys Berejiklian. This is the premier who has enjoyed a public approval rating of between 59% and 70% for her handling of coronavirus.
'Close personal relationship'
In an appearance before the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Monday, Berejiklian admitted to a "close personal relationship" with Daryl Maguire, the former Liberal member for Wagga Wagga who resigned from NSW Parliament in 2018.
Former Wagga MP Daryl Williams appeared also before ICAC in 2018.
Erik Anderson/AAP
Two years ago, he was targeted by ICAC for allegations he was using his public office for personal gain through commissions for Sydney property projects. Since then, we have found out he may have been involved in a "cash for visas" scheme.
Gladys Berejiklian determined to tough out scandal of secret relationship with disgraced former MP
This was the person the premier had a "close personal relationship" with for five years until recently. Former Labor leader Bill Shorten said what many were thinking when he told Channel Nine:
She's a smart lady who I think has been punching below her weight with perhaps a much more average guy.
A lightening strike
So, what transpired on Monday was like a lightning strike from a clear blue sky. This jolted people to hurried conclusions, including calls from NSW Labor leader Jodi McKay for the premier's resignation to predictions her political future was doomed.
Gladys Berejiklian game evidence during the ICAC hearing into Daryl Maguire on Monday.
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Unless something more eventuates from the ICAC hearings — which will continue this week — we haven't heard evidence of Berejiklian using her public position for some private gain.
At this stage, she is guilty of bad political judgement and bad personal judgement, the latter of which she shares with the rest of us on occasions.
Brand Gladys
The damage at this point is to her hitherto squeaky clean reputation. Berejiklian's story had always been about hard work, as well as her immigrant family history.
We got some indication of her drive from a 2019 interview, when she spoke of her twin sister, who didn't survive birth:
It was just luck that I came out first. Imagine if you had a twin; you came out first, they didn't make it, I feel like I've got to justify my existence by sacrificing. So I don't care if I'm not happy all the time. I feel like I've got to work hard.
Until this week, the premier has always been an intensely private person who even talked in media interviews of her dedication to a political career that came at the expense of a personal life and marriage. All fair enough.
Quick verdicts
However, the sudden revelations have catapulted many to quick verdicts about Berejiklian's career prospects, while bringing out the armchair psychologist in us all.
We wonder about the secret life of this 50-year-old woman, who retains the air of the captain that she was at high school in North Ryde. She told no one about this relationship, not even her own, very close family.
So, this can't help but make us ask: what other information is she not sharing?
Support from colleagues
At the moment, Berejiklian is being supported by her colleagues. As a member of the moderate faction, she is possibly under threat from the right of the party, but importantly, Treasurer Dominic Perrottet was by her side on Monday.
The NSW Premier will continue to face questions over her relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire.
Dan Himbrechts/ AAP
This conservative faction leader backed the premier continuing in her job and with good reason. Any undermining of her leadership would threaten the current factional peace, publicly confirm there was something amiss with Berejiklian, and give the public the impression that the bad old days are back with revolving door premiers.
And all in the middle of a pandemic.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian avoids a spill but remains in troubled waters
On Tuesday, Berejiklian apologised to the party room. So far, the public criticism is limited to MPs such as conservative backbencher, Matthew Mason-Cox, who has form as a rogue operator.
But Berjiklian's image will not be same again
So, it gets back to Brand Gladys.
Until ICAC finds something more about her, she should survive this episode with the backing of her party, unless another surprise eventuates in the future.
But her rather perfect public image will never be the same.
Mark Rolfe, Honorary associate, School of Social Sciences, UNSW
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has admitted having a secret intimate relationship with disgraced former MP Daryl Maguire, which she only ended recently, despite his being forced to quit state parliament in 2018.
Berejiklian's explosive appearance on Monday at the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption saw her personal life embarrassingly exposed, her political reputation thrown under a cloud, and her future put on the line.
ICAC, which is investigating whether Maguire sought to monetise his position as an MP between 2012 and 2018, heard damaging tapped phones conversations between him and Berejiklian in which he spoke extensively of his lobbying on behalf of developers. He also talked about his concerns over his huge debts, which he said amounted to $1.5 million.
Maguire, who was a parliamentary secretary and member for Wagga Wagga, was forced to quit in 2018 after an earlier ICAC inquiry, which heard recordings of him seeking payment to help broker a deal with a Chinese property developer. This prompted a byelection that the Berejiklian government lost to an independent.
The premier's colleagues and observers of NSW politics are gobsmacked at the revelation of Berejiklian's "close personal relationship" with Maguire. There had been no whisper until her disclosure of it on Monday morning.
The relationship began in 2015 and lasted until after she gave evidence privately to ICAC in August.
After her Monday evidence, running for several hours, Berejiklian told a news conference: "I stuffed up in my personal life". But she said she wouldn't consider resigning from her position because she had done nothing wrong.
She said she had trusted Maguire, whom she had known for 15 years, but she had not told her family or friends of their relationship because it didn't have "sufficient status".
Berejiklian said she had sacked Maguire from the Liberal party and engaged others to press him to leave parliament. But she hadn't broken with him earlier because he was "in a very dark place". "I didn't feel that I could stop being his friend during that time, rightly or wrongly, on compassionate grounds."
She told reporters she always applied the "highest level of integrity" in doing her public job.
The phone taps indicated Maguire was considering whether to resign at the 2019 election if he was in a financial position to do so. Berejiklian admitted to the hearing she had thought if that happened, they could be in a position to make their relationship public.
In one of their phone conversations, Berejiklian said to Maguire: "You will always be my numero uno." She told the hearing this showed "in my personal life I placed importance on how I felt about him".
Berejiklian repeatedly stressed to the hearing she had taken no interest in Maguire's financial affairs or his business activities, although he constantly referred to them in the phone conversations.
She said he was always talking about deals, but they then fell through. She always thought Maguire had made the appropriate disclosures.
On one occasion, she flagged to him that her chief of staff planned to call him to tell him a minister visiting China would raise a business matter Maguire was involved in.
In some calls she sounded anxious to distance herself from the details.
In one phone conversation, Maguire referred to "my little friend" and said, "you know my little friend?" Berejiklian replied, "Not really. I don't need to know."
In another conversation, Berejiklian said, "I don't need to know about that bit."
In relation to a deal involving land owned by Louise Waterhouse, from the racing family, near Badgerys Creek, Maguire asked if she had received an email from Waterhouse. When she said no, he said, "You will, she'll send you an email. She's really pissed off now, you know, about the airport. They're all passing the buck."
In September 2017 he told her, "It looks like we finally got the Badgerys Creek stuff done … I'll make enough money to pay off my debts, which will be good." He added, "Can you believe it, in one sale?"
The hearing went into closed session twice to listen to tapes which were considered too private to be played publicly.
Berejiklian stressed to ICAC she would never compromise her public position: "I would never turn a blind eye to any responsibility that I had to any wrongdoing that I saw."
She emphasised she was an independent woman with her own finances. "Anybody else's finances would be completely immaterial to me," she said.
Her colleagues are standing by her, at least at the moment. The NSW Opposition said she should resign. Maguire gives evidence on Wednesday and Thursday.
Head of Daniel Andrews' department resigns
The secretary of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet, Chris Eccles, has resigned, in the latest dramatic development in the hotel quarantine affair.
But his resignation has not clarified the central mystery of who decided private security should be used, a fateful move in what ended up as the Victorian second wave of COVID.
Eccles quit after his phone records showed he called then police commissioner Graham Ashton as the quarantine arrangements were being set up.
Ashton had told the board of inquiry investigating the quarantine debacle he had received information that private security would be used but could not remember who told him – although he had sent a text to Eccles asking about arrangements. Eccles told the inquiry he did not recall phoning Ashton, but he didn't rule out doing so.
The inquiry at the weekend called for the phone records.
On Monday Eccles said in a statement the records showed he had called Ashton at 1.17 pm on March 27 and spoke with him for just over two minutes.
But Eccles stuck to his evidence to the inquiry about not passing on a decision about private security guards.
"I am absolutely certain I did not convey to Mr Ashton any decision regarding the use of private security as I was unaware any such decision had been made, and I most certainly had not made such a decision myself.
"The totality of my evidence to the Board was that I may have contacted Mr Ashton following Mr Ashton's 1.16 pm text message."
Eccles said to continue in his position would be "a significant distraction … as we enter a critical phase of easing COVID-19 restrictions".
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Nick Xenophon could be South Australia's next premier, while Turnbull loses his 25th successive Newspoll
Posted on January 8, 2018 by particularkev
Nick Xenophon won 46% of the preferred South Australian premier vote in a recent Newspoll.
AAP/Morgan Sette
Adrian Beaumont, University of Melbourne
The next South Australian election will be held in three months, on March 17, 2018. A South Australian Newspoll, conducted October to December from a sample of 800, had primary votes of 32% for Nick Xenophon's SA-BEST party, 29% Liberal, 27% Labor, and 6% Greens.
On the better premier measure, Nick Xenophon had 46% of the vote, followed by incumbent Jay Weatherill on 22% and Opposition Leader Steven Marshall on 19%.
Xenophon's strong performance is partly explained by the dire ratings of both Weatherill and Marshall. Weatherill had 53% dissatisfied, 34% satisfied, for a net approval of minus 19. Marshall had 50% dissatisfied, 27% satisfied, for a net approval of minus 23.
The previous South Australian Newspoll was taken in late 2015. A Galaxy poll taken for the Australian Bankers' Association in early October gave the Liberals 31% of the primary vote, SA-BEST 30%, and Labor 26%. The better premier measure in that poll had 41% Xenophon, with Weatherill and Marshall both on 21%.
If the primary votes in Newspoll were replicated at the March 2018 election, SA-BEST would probably win a clear majority of lower house seats. Both major parties' supporters dislike the other major party, so most Labor voters will preference SA-BEST ahead of the Liberals, and vice versa.
There are still three months until the election, and SA-BEST will be attacked ferociously in the coming weeks. However, the disdain for both major parties, and Xenophon's popularity, gives SA-BEST a real opportunity to end the major party duopoly in South Australia.
The total vote for all "others" in Newspoll is 6%. At the 2014 state election, Family First won 6%. This poll does not suggest the Australian Conservatives, formed by Cory Bernardi, are surging.
Turnbull loses his 25th successive Newspoll, 53-47
This week's Newspoll, conducted December 14-17 from a sample of 1,670, gave federal Labor a 53-47 lead, unchanged from last fortnight. Primary votes were 37% Labor (steady), 36% Coalition (steady), 10% Greens (steady), and 7% One Nation (down one).
This is Malcolm Turnbull's 25th successive Newspoll loss. Tony Abbott lost 30 in a row before he was dumped.
Turnbull's ratings were unchanged at 57% dissatisfied, 32% satisfied, for a net approval of minus 25. Bill Shorten's net approval fell three points to minus 24. Turnbull led by 41-34 as better prime minister (39-33 last fortnight).
The 7% for One Nation is its lowest support in Newspoll since December 2016, before One Nation was included in the party readout. On the overall vote for left- and right-wing parties, the left leads by 47-43 in this Newspoll (47-44 last fortnight). This is the first change in the overall left/right balance since October.
The passage of same-sex marriage legislation through parliament and the media furore over Sam Dastyari do not appear to have improved the Coalition's position. Most voters realise that the large "yes" vote in the plebiscite forced the Coalition to act. It is likely that only partisans are interested in Dastyari.
Newspoll (paywalled) asked who was better at handling the economy, national security, asylum seekers, cost of living, and tax cuts. Turnbull had more than 20-point leads over Shorten on the first three issues, and a 40-33 lead on tax cuts. Shorten led by 43-41 on cost of living.
These questions are biased in favour of Turnbull, as they appeal to the Coalition's perceived strength on the economy, national security and asylum seekers. There were no questions regarding issues like health, education and climate change, where Labor is perceived to be better than the Coalition.
Incumbent prime ministers tend to outperform their party, so Labor would probably have obtained more favourable results had Newspoll asked Coalition vs Labor, not Turnbull vs Shorten.
Essential 53-47 to Labor
In this week's Essential, the Coalition gained two points since last fortnight, reducing Labor's lead to 53-47. Primary votes were 38% Labor, 37% Coalition, 9% Greens and 7% One Nation. Essential uses a two-week sample of about 1,800, with additional questions based on one week's sample.
All proposed reforms of political donations were very popular, with the exception of banning donations and making all political party spending taxpayer-funded (50-30 opposed).
Respondents were asked whether the last 12 months had been good or bad for various items. The economy had a net +11 rating, large companies a net +22, your workplace a net +34, and you and your family a net +27. The planet had a net -22 rating and Australian politics a net -36.
Respondents were also asked about their expectations for 2018, though Essential apparently thought the next year is 2017.
By 54-29, voters disapproved of the proposed A$50 billion in company tax cuts to medium and large businesses (50-30 in October). By 47-8, voters thought personal income tax cuts were more important than business tax cuts, with 33% for both being equally important.
37% thought interference in Australian politics by foreign countries is a major problem, 36% a minor problem, and 12% did not think it was a problem at all.
Bennelong preference flows
With virtually all votes counted in Saturday's Bennelong byelection, Liberal John Alexander defeated Labor's Kristina Keneally by 54.9-45.1, a 4.9-point swing to Labor since the 2016 election. Primary votes were 45.1% Alexander, 35.8% Keneally, 6.7% Greens, 4.3% Australian Conservatives, and 3.1% Christian Democrats.
The informal rate of 8.1% is far too high, and indicates savings provisions should be introduced so that votes can still be counted even if voters do not number every square. There is confusion in New South Wales because state elections use optional preferential voting.
I have information about preference flows from one booth in Bennelong from a Labor scrutineer. At this booth, Keneally won 88% of Greens preferences, but Alexander won 85% of Australian Conservatives' preferences and 77% of Christian Democrat preferences.
Preferences of other candidates split evenly between Keneally and Alexander. This booth may not be representative of the whole electorate, but these preference flows seem reasonable.
While Newspoll and Galaxy understated Alexander by four-to-five points, these polls were of one seat. Australian pollsters have been bad with seat polling, but very good with national and state polls. The error in Bennelong does not affect the trustworthiness of Newspoll's national polls.
Adrian Beaumont, Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne
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Labour wins NZ election after backing from NZ First. Bankers' SA Galaxy: 31% Lib, 30% SA Best, 26% Labor
The New Zealand election was held on 23 September, with final results released on 7 October. The conservative National won 56 of the 120 seats, Labour 46, the anti-immigrant populist NZ First 9, the Greens 8 and the right-wing ACT 1. As a result, the right held 57 seats and the left 54, with NZ First's 9 seats required for a majority (61 seats) for either the left or right.
26 days after the election, and 12 days after final results were published, NZ First leader Winston Peters today announced that his party would form a coalition government with Labour. With NZ First backing, the left bloc has 63 seats, a clear majority in the NZ Parliament. This outcome ends National's nine successive years in power, in which Labour had utterly dismal results in the three elections from 2008-14.
While the time taken after the election to form a government may seem long, it is not by international standards. Following the Dutch election in March 2017, a coalition government was not formed for 208 days. The German election was held on 24 September, with final results known on 25 September, but government negotiations only began yesterday.
Bankers' SA Galaxy: 31% Liberal, 30% SA Best, 26% Labor
The Australian reported today that a SA Galaxy poll, conducted for the Australian Bankers Association 10-12 October from a sample of 806, gave the Liberals 31% of the primary vote, SA Best (Nick Xenophon's SA party) 30% and Labor 26%. The next SA election will be held in mid-March 2018.
This poll is not a media-commissioned poll. The ABA is an anti-Labor lobby group that wants to stop the proposed SA state bank tax. Polls such as these are prone to selective release; it is unlikely the ABA would have released a poll with Labor doing well.
The last media-commissioned SA Galaxy poll, in late June, had the Liberals leading Labor 34-28 on primary votes with SA Best on 21%, and a 50-50 tie between the major parties after preferences. If this ABA Galaxy poll is accurate, it implies that SA Best has surged 9 points since Xenophon announced his candidacy for the Liberal-held seat of Hartley.
In the better Premier question, Xenophon had 41%, with both incumbent Premier Jay Weatherill and opposition leader Steven Marshall at 21%.
If these primary votes were replicated at an election, SA Best would win many seats on Labor preferences, and could be the largest party in SA's lower house. Such an outcome would break the two party duopoly for the first time in an Australian Parliament since the early 20th century.
However, there are still five months to go before the election. Even if this poll is accurate, it could represent SA Best's high point. Both major parties will attack Xenophon during the election campaign, in an attempt to undermine his popularity. Labor will use Xenophon's controversial Senate decisions against him.
Although Labor is third in this poll, they are not out of the running. If Labor can take a few percent from SA Best, they would be more likely to benefit on preferences than the Liberals. If Labor retains office at the next election, it will be a fifth consecutive term for them.
After 14 years in office, Queensland Labor was demolished at the 2012 Queensland election, and NSW Labor had a similar fate after 16 years at the 2011 NSW election. A SA Labor victory after 16 years would be a remarkable achievement.
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» Church & State » Confederate Ireland » The First Ormond Peace
The First Ormond Peace, 1646
The summer of 1646 was the high point of the Confederate war-effort. Following O'Neill's victory at Benburb, General Preston's Leinster army captured Roscommon and Bunratty castles in July. These victories strengthened Archbishop Rinuccini and the hardline "clerical party" on the Supreme Council but at the same time prompted Viscount Muskerry and the "peace party" to press ahead with negotiations for a treaty with the King's representative the Marquis of Ormond. The political factionalism of the Supreme Council prevented the Confederates from fully exploiting the military success of their armies. Meanwhile, King Charles disavowed the pro-Catholic Glamorgan Treaty and returned sole authority in negotiations to Ormond.
Ormond versus Rinuccini
Prompted by Lord Digby, who arrived at Dublin early in July, Ormond moved quickly to conclude a treaty with Muskerry and the Anglo-Irish lords which would allow an Irish army to cross over to England to fight for the King in return for limited toleration of the Catholic faith in Ireland. On 30 July 1646, the "Ormond Peace" was publicly proclaimed in Dublin.
Although Muskerry and his supporters on the Supreme Council ratified the Ormond Peace, Archbishop Rinuccini rejected it because it did not allow the open practice of Catholicism nor the return of churches and cathedrals taken by the Protestants during the course of the war. Rinuccini summoned the Irish clergy to a synod at Waterford where, on 12 August, the Ormond Peace was denounced. Confederates who supported it were guilty of breaking the Oath of Association; towns that allowed it to be proclaimed were threatened with interdiction. On 1 September, Rinuccini pronounced a sentence of excommunication on any Confederates who continued to support the treaty.
Ormond went to Kilkenny and attempted to rally support for the treaty among members of the Supreme Council. He called a meeting of the Irish nobility at Cashel, but was refused admission to the town. Amid mounting hostility from the Irish population and on hearing news that the Confederate generals O'Neill and Preston were rallying forces in support of Rinuccini, Ormond returned to Dublin on 14 September. A few days later, Rinuccini arrived at Kilkenny at the head of an armed force. Ormond's supporters were imprisoned and the Ormond Peace was declared void. On 26 September, the clergy appointed a new Supreme Council, with Archbishop Rinuccini as its president.
Under Rinuccini's presidency, the new Council adopted an aggressive stance and immediately began making preparations for an attack on Dublin.
The Confederates march on Dublin »
S.R. Gardiner, History of the Great Civil War vol.iii, (London 1889)
C.P. Meehan, The Confederation of Kilkenny (Dublin 1846)
Jane Ohlmeyer, The Civil Wars in Ireland (in The Civil Wars, a military history of England, Scotland and Ireland 1638-60), Oxford 1998
James Scott Wheeler, Cromwell in Ireland, (New York 1999)
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Every PC gamer should know that not every GPU driver release is perfect, with some releases coming with unintended issues that can either decrease system stability or cause select programs to act erratically.
With the release of their Geforce 384.76 WHQL driver, Nvidia launched with an issue that prevented Watch Dogs 2 from booting correctly, causing those that play the game to either roll back their drivers to the company's previous release or to simply play a different game until the company released a fix for the issue.
Today Nvidia has launched their new Goforce 384.80 Hotfix driver, which is designed specifically to deal with this issue, coming just in time for the game's new 4-player online Co-op mode, which releases today.
Provides the optimal gaming experience for Lawbreakers "Rise Up" Beta.
- NVIDIA Control Panel: Added debug option in the Help menu. Selecting this option removes all overclocking performance and power settings.
You can join the discussion on Nvidia's Geforce 384.80 Hotfix driver on the OC3D Forums.


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Major upgrades to sewer network progressing in Bray
Uisce Éireann, working in partnership with Wicklow County Council, is progressing a major project to upgrade and improve the sewer network at Old Connaught, Bray. The delivery of this important wastewater project will support future development and economic growth and will significantly improve the capacity and operational performance of the existing sewers, benefitting local businesses and residents.
The project, which is due to begin next week, will involve the construction of over 400 meters of new gravity sewerage pipes on Ravenswell Road and Harbour Road Access.
Commenting on the project, Padraig Hanly, Regional Delivery Lead at Uisce Éireann said, "Working with our colleagues in Wicklow County Council, we are delighted to announce the progression of this vital project for Bray. A sewer network that is fit for purpose is essential to support business and social development in the community. These works will support existing and future residential and commercial development while also improving the overall performance of the sewer network and will safeguard the local environment by reducing the risk of sewer flooding."
Padraig added "We understand that the works may cause some inconvenience to commuters and our crews will make every effort to minimise any disruption and complete the project as quickly as possible. On behalf of Uisce Éireann, I would like and thank the people of Bray in advance for their support and co-operation."
In order for the project to be completed safely and in a timely manner, Ravenswell Road footpath along the River Dargle will close on the commencement of works for approximately one month. Diversion routes for pedestrians will be in place and will also be communicated locally.
Where works are underway on the public road, traffic management will be in place in the form of a stop/go traffic light system, however, emergency traffic and access for local residents will be maintained at all times. The first phase of the works will involve the construction of 200 meters of sewerage pipes along Ravenswell Road and is set to be completed in November 2022. The remainder of the works will be delivered in early 2023 following the completion of third party development works planned for the Harbour Road Access over the coming months. The project is being delivered by David Walsh Civil Engineering on behalf of Uisce Éireann.
Uisce Éireann and Wicklow County Council regret any inconvenience that this essential project may cause. Our customer care helpline is open 24/7 on 1800 278 278 and customers can also contact us on Twitter @IWCare with any queries. For general updates, visit the Supply and Service Updates section of our website.


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How one child's painting became the inspiration for a new community playground…
ChildsPlay, IntriCut
The Lincoln Avenue Knightswood community-funded playground in Glasgow is an inspirational project that demonstrates how imagination can shape the future of play.
This creative space in the built-up residential location of inner-city Glasgow is a project that started life as a colourful painting by a young competition winner at a local primary school.
Notts Sport's CAD department worked to develop a design based on an artist's impression of the original painting, creating a fun depiction of the world with oversized houses, clouds and trees.
The design was then intricately cut out of synthetic ChildsPlay surfacing and installed in the centre of the play area, surrounded by 'zones' of bright coloured carpet to encourage imaginative play. The eye catching space is unusual because it doesn't use traditional play equipment to fill the space. Instead, children are allowed to make up their own games and develop play freely in a sensory environment.
With the launch of IntriCut, Notts Sport's innovative in-house cutting service, creatively cut play spaces like this are being installed up and down the country. IntriCut's specialist CAD technology enables the Notts Sport ChildsPlay team to work with clients to realise their creative visions, creating dynamic patterns, elaborate shapes and illustrations that prevent the need for other equipment or expensive structures.
Read more about how IntriCut is changing the face of the UK's playgrounds: http://intri-cut.co.uk/
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Official Scottish Hockey Partners
Scottish Hockey announces Notts Sport as official Facilities Partner
Notts Sport are delighted to announce their new official partnership with Scottish Hockey as official Facilities Partners.
The partnership will be in place for three years as Notts Sport looks to support hockey north of the border in Scotland, replicating the success of similar partnerships with England Hockey & Hockey Wales.
Working in collaboration, Notts Sport and Scottish Hockey aim to grow the game at all levels and support clubs, schools, and local authorities to deliver the best new and refurbished hockey facilities, helping the sport thrive in Scotland.
Notts Sport will become the title partner for the Inter Districts competitions, which will be called the Notts Sport Inter Districts.
Scottish Hockey will also work closely with Notts Sport through HockeyFest which as of 2016 is now run throughout Great Britain. HockeyFest is the social event of the season, offering clubs a fantastic opportunity to promote themselves, show off their current facilities and raise funds for new equipment or projects. HockeyFest, held throughout August and September, is open to everyone and gives clubs the chance to develop unity and excitement and attract new members in the build-up to the season.
David Sweetman, CEO of Scottish Hockey, said: "We're delighted to work in partnership with Notts Sport to grow hockey in Scotland. With a shared passion for hockey I'm looking forward to a bright future working in collaboration for the benefit of the sport. The expertise available through this partnership will help ensure more quality playing surfaces in Scotland."
Duncan Bennett, Managing Director of Notts Sport said: "Notts Sport are committed to promoting Hockey and have an unrivalled tracking record of delivering high quality facilities as illustrated by our ongoing success in the hockey market throughout the UK. Indeed, we have a vision of becoming the number one brand for Hockey in the UK and this exciting new partnership with Scottish Hockey will help us meet that challenge as we grow over the coming years.
With the recent news that there is significant Scottish representation in the new GB Training Squads for Tokyo 2020, and with our shared values and vision for the sport it feels like an ideal fit and time for Notts Sport and Scottish Hockey to work together as facilities partners."
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GB Medallist Crista Cullen MBE Opens Kent College's New Hockey Pitch
Notts Sport were delighted to welcome Team GB Olympic Gold Medallist Crista Cullen MBE to open the brand new hockey facility at Kent College Pembury in December.
The hockey player led a group coaching session for the girls at the school, offering specialised skills training and guidance before cutting the ribbon to officially open the pitch. The audience of parents, governors, alumni and staff were impressed to hear about the athlete's journey to Rio, and her thoughts on the importance of a good hockey facility:
"Any school that's able to have a fantastic Astro Turf in their grounds is brilliant for the school. It's great to have one here in Kent County, and great that the kids are able to play on it day in day out. That's what breeds better hockey players. Fundamentally facilities have to be there in order for the kids to be able to replicate what they see on the telly, and if they're able to have access to it within a school's grounds it's all the better. If we're talking about inspiring people and making sure that people have the ability to be able to play the sport we've grown to love over so long we have to be able to have facilities that can replicate that." Crista Cullen
The sand dressed pitch is the latest addition to an impressive portfolio of state of the art sporting facilities at the renowned girl's school.
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Introducing: IntriCut
ChildsPlay, IntriCut, MultiSport
WATCH THE ADVENTURE TAKE SHAPE…
IntriCut is a brand new service brought to life by Notts Sport, using innovative surface cutting technology.
With our spectrum of vibrant colours, and with endless scope for creating complex patterns, shapes and designs, IntriCut provides the perfect solution for a number of outcomes, including: imaginative playground surfacing; sports turf logos; unique exhibition spaces and more.
State of the art CAD technology means that both elaborate and simple designs can be accommodated, expertly cut from synthetic surfacing and pieced together to create your bespoke flooring design.
"One of the most exciting growth areas we are seeing is for bespoke designs and logos to be incorporated into the play and sport facilities we deliver throughout the UK and abroad. IntriCut is already proving that it can provide a world class solution to meet this demand whilst at the same time allowing us to diversify into new markets with new innovative & high quality products.
Indeed, innovation is an integral part of Notts Sport's company values and Intricut illustrates yet again how we listen to our customers and constantly invest in Research & Development. This state of the art technology is specifically designed to deliver the requirements of new and existing customers." Duncan Bennett, Managing Director
"IntriCut will provide endless possibilities for clients to brand their sports facilities as well as allowing play providers the opportunity to create fun-filled play surfacing for their projects." Shaun Patrick, Notts Sport Chairman.
You can read more about IntriCut here.
January 6, 2017 February 8, 2017 Notts Sport Tagged Cutting Machine, IntriCut, Logos, Notts Sport, playground	Leave a comment


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Q: Composition vs. Inheritance dependency injection I have a Parser with three classes of objects: the parser itself, Tokens, and States.  The Parser generates tokens from the lexer.  Everything is black boxed, so the tokens know nothing about the parser state or the parser, and the state knows nothing of the tokens.  A fairly simple version of the arrangement:
class Parser {
   public function parse() {
      $this->state = new StEmpty;
      while ($token = $this->lexer->get()) {
         $this->state = $this->token->expect($this);
      }
   }
   public function stateStart() {
      return $this->state->stateStart();
   }
}
class StartToken {
   public function expect(Parser $parser) {
      return $parser->stateStart();
   }
}
class StEmpty {
   public function stateStart() {
      return new StStart;
   }
}

The problem I'm running into is that sometimes when a state changes, the parser needs to take some action (such as add a rule to the tree when the ending-rule token is reached).  Only the State knows that, so it is up to the state to tell the parser what to do.  Problem is getting the Parser to the State.  I could inject the Parser in the state constructor, but not every State needs the parser, and that would lead to a lot of duplicate code (unless I had a base class for the States and the Parser was a protected member, but I want to avoid extending anything).  I could also inject the Parser in the state methods that need it, but I have a similar problem: that would be a lot of duplication, and not all of the State implementations would need the parser for given methods.
So my question is how can I get the State to know about the Parser when it needs to without unnecessary inheritance or code duplication?  If I need another class that's perfectly acceptable.

In case this is difficult to follow, here is an "unraveled" version:
class Parser {
   public function parse() {
      $this->state = 'StEmpty';

      while ($token = $this->lexer->get()) {
         switch ($token) {
            case 'StartToken':
               switch ($this->state) {
                  case 'StEmpty':
                     $this->state = 'StStart';
                     break;
               }
               break;
         }
      }
   }
}

The answer to this question could apply to other languages as well, but I know this would be easier to do in languages that allow overloading.  PHP does not.

A: PHP 5.4 introduces traits: http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.traits.php
Perhaps you could use traits as a halfway between inheritance and injection.

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She continued this strenuous form of dancing until her late fifties! She expected all her courtiers to be proficient in dancing. The handsome Christopher Hatton was well known as one of the most accomplished dancers who the Queen admired. Elizabethan Entertainment was extremely important to people who lived in the Elizabethan era.
The lives of Elizabethans were hard, the mortality rate was high due to frequent outbreaks of the Bubonic Plague and life expectation was low. Elizabethan dances enjoyed by the Upper Classes, Royalty and Nobility included the Cinque-pace, Galliard, Pavane, Roundel, Tordion and the Volta.
Elizabethan Music complemented the different forms of Elizabethan Dance. Dancing in the Elizabethan era was considered "a wholesome recreation of the mind and also an exercise of the body". The emergence of different styles of music and new musical instruments combined with various experiments combining different instruments led to new dances being created.
Elizabethan dance varied according to the social class. The court dances enjoyed by royalty, nobility and the Upper classes were often imported from Italy, Spain or France. These dance forms varied considerably from the energetic Galliard to the refined and stately Pavane.
Elizabethan dances differed between the Upper and Lower Classes. The Upper Classes enjoyed new types of music at court. They had a taste for new music and new dances. Many courtiers travelled abroad and returned to the Elizabethan court with dances from Italy, Spain and France. These foreign influences were found in the development of new Elizabethan court dances and music.
The form of entertainment called the Masque was popular with the Upper classes. Masques were accompanied with music and dance at the beginning and end of the performances and during the interludes.
The dances which accompanied the masques had unusual names such as the 'Tinternell', 'Maske of Queens', 'The Earl of Essex's Measure', Lord Zouch's Maske and the 'Turkeylony' – many of these titles reflected the names of the patrons. The most important Elizabethan dances were the Pavan, Galliards and Almain.
The lower classes enjoyed the more traditional country dances such as the Jig, Morris Dancing or the Brand or the Brawle which were closely associated with the customs and festivals celebrated in Elizabethan England.


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"I am so proud of the commitment and generosity of our women's group who give of their time in many ways, both by hosting activities as well as working in the community to help those who are in need," said Father Vasile Mihai, Priest at St. Paul's Greek Orthodox Church of Savannah.
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Q: Returning variable vs. Setting variable I'm considering the following approaches for class initialisation:
class Foo():
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = self.get_name()
    def get_name(self):
        return raw_input("Name: ")

class Foo():
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = ""
        self.get_name()
    def get_name(self):
        self.name = raw_input("Name: ")

class Foo():
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = raw_input("Name: ")

Is there any practical reason to opt for one over the others?
If not, which might be considered most Pythonic?

A: *

*If possible, input() the name outside of the class and pass it as a parameter to its __init__().

*If this is not an option, I would go for the second alternative

*I would rename get_name() to something like query_name() or input_name(). get_name() sounds like a getter (that gets the value of name) not like a setter or a routine that gets data from the user.

A: I don't like the idea of doing a raw input in the constructor, but after all, why not...
I would prefer:
class Foo():
    def __init__(self):
        self.name = ""

    def prompt_name(self):
        self.name = raw_input("Name: ")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    aFoo = Foo()
    aFoo.prompt_name()


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5. The Court will then either (1) grant your request or (2) set the matter for hearing.
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TRUSTMEHER presents this website as a Tribute to the Indian Classical Music and Musicians with a rich source of information about Indian or Hindusthani Classical Music and allows its visitors to find meaningful information and links about the Classical or Carnatic Music.
Indian Classical Music is a tradition also known as Hindusthani or Hindustani Classical Music or North Indian Style of Indian Music which has its roots in the Vedic Indian Culure which further got evelved with mixture of various Traditions. Later during the Muslim rules the Irani Music or Persian Music also influenced the Indian Classical Music Traditions and Khayal Gayaki came in to existance particularly in the North India. The South India preserved and enriched the Carnatic Style of Singing.


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Q: how to pass platform device information present in my platform data through device tree In normal board file, one of the member of my platform data is platform device, is there any way this can be passed through using device tree in linux kernel? In normal board file, I had struct platform_device as member in my platform data.

A: Device tree node in device tree file is like platform_device structure in old board files.
You can define and declare any property (data) you like in a device node of a device tree file.
Kernel provides open firmware (OF) API with lots of functions like of_find_property() or  of_property_read_string() for device driver to fetch your data from any device in the tree file.


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Here's how you can see Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's wedding dress up close
For most people, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's Givenchy wedding dress was only seen from afar or through a screen. However, Kensington Palace just announced that the public will be able to see it up close and personal come October
Originally published by Vogue
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex' Clare Waight Keller–designed dress and accompanying veil will go on display starting October 26 at Windsor Castle as part of a new exhibition, "A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex." While both pieces were photographed and filmed extensively, each one has tiny details that are best examined in person. Her veil, for example, was embroidered with the flora of 53 Commonwealth countries.
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's wedding dress, as seen in the new Windsor Castle exhibit A Royal Wedding: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
Prince Harry's May 19 outfit—his Blues and Royals uniform made by Savile Row tailors Dege & Skinner—will also be available to view. However, unlike Meghan's, it won't be the original creation, as Prince Harry still needs to wear the uniform for some official royal events. "An identical uniform made for The Duke by Dege & Skinner a few years earlier will be displayed," a statement said.
Another highlight of the exhibition? Queen Mary's diamond bandeau, on loan from the Queen. She originally let the duchess borrow it for her wedding day. Like Meghan's haute couture gown, this is the first time the diamond-and-platinum tiara will go on public display.
The Windsor exhibit will run through January. A few months later, in June, it will move to Edinburgh's Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Months after her 2011 wedding to Prince William, Kate Middleton also displayed her Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen wedding dress at Buckingham Palace for its annual summer exhibition. Currently, an exhibit dedicated to Diana's style is on view at Kensington Palace. After all, who wouldn't want to see this kind of fashion history?
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visit the Castle of Mey
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See new, adorable portraits of Archie Mountbatten-Windsor's christening
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Pen and brown ink with brown wash on oriental paper; framing-lines in pen and brown ink.
Inscription Content: Inscribed lower left, in pen and brown ink, by Ploos van Amstel: 'Jan Lievens f / geb. Leiden 1606 / hoog 8¾ dm / br 14 ¾ d / f22'.
Good, though slightly faded and some penwork seems to have 'run', perhaps because of damp; minor creasing and a few stains.
The three trees in the centre and parts of the architecture behind reappear with variations in a slighter sketch by Lievens now in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. Another, arguably superior version of the present work, also on oriental paper and bearing the monogram 'IL', is in the Abrams collection in Boston, and this was probably the model both for the British Museum drawing and for an inferior copy which is also in the Pierpont Morgan Library.
As has previously been noted, the present drawing could well be the work of the younger Lievens. If so he must have based himself on the drawing in the Abrams collection, which may, however, be his own work rather than his father's.
 Inv.III, 186C (Schneider, 1932, no.Z.363).
 By Hind in London, 1915, p.83.
London, 1915, p.88,no.23, repr. pl.LVI; Schneider, 1932, no.Z.301; Turin, 1974, p.50, under no.68 (c.1650-60; compares drawing in Turin of 'Farm Buildings by a Pond', inv.16456); Sumowski, 1980[I], p.371 (studio composition; related drawings in Pierpont Morgan Library [see Comment above]); Sumowski, 1979 etc., VII, 1983, no.1685x, repr. (as in 1980); Plomp, 2004, p.100 (as Exh. London-Paris-Cambridge, 2002-3); Exh. Braunschweig, 2006, p.100, under no.37; Exh. Washington-Milwaukee-Amsterdam, 2008-9, no.126, repr.
C. Ploos van Amstel (L.3002-3);* Jan Gijsbert, Baron Verstolk van Soelen; his sale, Amsterdam, de Vries, Brondgeest and Roos, 22 March, 1847, lot 307, bt Smith, f.30; purchased from Messrs Smith, 1847. * See verso inscription. His sale of 1800 included three pen drawings said to be of the 'Haagsche Bosch' (The Hague Woods), two in portfolio N, no.38 (sold for f.40) and a third in the following lot, portfolio N, no.39 (sold for f.38).


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#pragma once
#include "Component.hpp"
#include "../Physics/PhysicsWorld2D.hpp"

namespace ln {
class Collision;
class RigidBody2DComponent;

using CollisionEventHandler = Delegate<void(Collision*)>;

class Collision
    : public Object
{
public:
	/** 自分自身と衝突している他の WorldObject */
    WorldObject* worldObject() const { return m_worldObject; }

    /** 自分自身と衝突している他の PhysicsObject2D */
    PhysicsObject2D* physicsObject() const { return m_physicsObject; }

LN_CONSTRUCT_ACCESS:
    Collision();
    virtual ~Collision() = default;
    void init(WorldObject* worldObject/*, RigidBody2DComponent* component*/, PhysicsObject2D* physicsObject);

private:
    WorldObject* m_worldObject;
    PhysicsObject2D* m_physicsObject;
};

class RigidBody2DComponent
	: public Component
	, protected detail::IPhysicsObjectEventListener
{
public:
	static Ref<RigidBody2DComponent> create();

    void setVelocity(const Vector2& value) { m_body->setVelocity(value); }
    void setVelocity(float x, float y) { setVelocity(Vector2(x, y)); }

    const Vector2& velocity() const { return m_body->velocity(); }

    void setMass(float value);

    /** キネマティックモードを設定します。 キネマティックモードでは、剛体に力はかかりません。 */
    void setKinematic(bool value) { m_body->setKinematic(value); }

    /** 摩擦係数を設定します。 */
    void setFriction(float value) { m_body->setFriction(value); }

    /** 反発係数を設定します。 */
    void setRestitution(float value) { m_body->setRestitution(value); }

    void addCollisionShape(CollisionShape2D* shape);

    void setFixedRotation(bool value) { m_body->setFixedRotation(value); }

    /** 衝突グループを設定します。デフォルトは 0x00000001 で、0番のグループに属することを示します。 */
    void setCollisionGroup(uint32_t value) { m_body->setCollisionGroup(value); }

    /** 衝突グループマスクを設定します。デフォルトは 0x0000FFFF で、0~15番のグループと衝突することを示します。 */
    void setCollisionGroupMask(uint32_t value) { m_body->setCollisionGroupMask(value); }

    /** 重心に力を加えます。 */
    void applyForce(const Vector2& force) { m_body->applyForce(force); }

    /** 指定したローカル位置に力を加えます。 */
    void applyForce(const Vector2& force, const Vector2& localPosition) { m_body->applyForce(force, localPosition); }

    /** 重心に衝撃を与えます。 */
    void applyImpulse(const Vector2& impulse) { m_body->applyImpulse(impulse); }

    /** 指定したローカル位置に衝撃を与えます。 */
    void applyImpulse(const Vector2& impulse, const Vector2& localPosition) { m_body->applyImpulse(impulse, localPosition); }

    /** トルクをかけます。 */
    void applyTorque(float torque) { m_body->applyTorque(torque); }

    /** トルク衝撃を与えます。 */
    void applyTorqueImpulse(float torque) { m_body->applyTorqueImpulse(torque); }

    /** このコンポーネントと関連づいている RigidBody2D を取得します。 */
    RigidBody2D* rigidBody() const;

    /** onTriggerEnter イベントの通知を受け取るコールバックを登録します。*/
    //LN_METHOD(Event)
	Ref<EventConnection> connectOnCollisionEnter(Ref<CollisionEventHandler> handler);

    /** onTriggerLeave イベントの通知を受け取るコールバックを登録します。*/
    //LN_METHOD(Event)
	Ref<EventConnection> connectOnCollisionLeave(Ref<CollisionEventHandler> handler);

    /** onTriggerStay イベントの通知を受け取るコールバックを登録します。*/
    //LN_METHOD(Event)
	Ref<EventConnection> connectOnCollisionStay(Ref<CollisionEventHandler> handler);

LN_CONSTRUCT_ACCESS:
	RigidBody2DComponent();
	virtual ~RigidBody2DComponent() = default;
	void init();
	virtual void onDispose(bool explicitDisposing) override;

protected:
	virtual void onAttachedScene(Scene* newOwner) override;
	virtual void onDetachedScene(Scene* oldOwner) override;
	virtual void onBeforeStepSimulation() override;
	virtual void onAfterStepSimulation() override;
    virtual void onCollisionEnter(PhysicsObject2D* otherObject, ContactPoint2D* contact) override;
    virtual void onCollisionLeave(PhysicsObject2D* otherObject, ContactPoint2D* contact) override;
    virtual void onCollisionStay(PhysicsObject2D* otherObject, ContactPoint2D* contact) override;

private:
	Ref<RigidBody2D> m_body;
    Event<CollisionEventHandler> m_onCollisionEnter;
    Event<CollisionEventHandler> m_onCollisionLeave;
    Event<CollisionEventHandler> m_onCollisionStay;
};

class TriggerBody2DComponent
    : public Component
    , protected detail::IPhysicsObjectEventListener
{
public:
    static Ref<TriggerBody2DComponent> create();

    void addCollisionShape(CollisionShape2D* shape);

    /** 衝突グループマスクを設定します。デフォルトは 0x0000FFFF で、0~15番のグループと衝突することを示します。 */
    void setCollisionGroupMask(uint32_t value) { m_body->setCollisionGroupMask(value); }

    /** onTriggerEnter イベントの通知を受け取るコールバックを登録します。*/
    //LN_METHOD(Event)
	Ref<EventConnection> connectOnCollisionEnter(Ref<CollisionEventHandler> handler);

    /** onTriggerLeave イベントの通知を受け取るコールバックを登録します。*/
    //LN_METHOD(Event)
	Ref<EventConnection> connectOnCollisionLeave(Ref<CollisionEventHandler> handler);

    /** onTriggerStay イベントの通知を受け取るコールバックを登録します。*/
    //LN_METHOD(Event)
	Ref<EventConnection> connectOnCollisionStay(Ref<CollisionEventHandler> handler);

LN_CONSTRUCT_ACCESS:
    TriggerBody2DComponent();
    virtual ~TriggerBody2DComponent() = default;
    void init();
    virtual void onDispose(bool explicitDisposing) override;

protected:
    virtual void onAttachedScene(Scene* newOwner) override;
    virtual void onDetachedScene(Scene* oldOwner) override;
    virtual void onBeforeStepSimulation() override;
    virtual void onAfterStepSimulation() override;
    virtual void onCollisionEnter(PhysicsObject2D* otherObject, ContactPoint2D* contact) override;
    virtual void onCollisionLeave(PhysicsObject2D* otherObject, ContactPoint2D* contact) override;
    virtual void onCollisionStay(PhysicsObject2D* otherObject, ContactPoint2D* contact) override;

private:
    Ref<TriggerBody2D> m_body;
    Event<CollisionEventHandler> m_onCollisionEnter;
    Event<CollisionEventHandler> m_onCollisionLeave;
    Event<CollisionEventHandler> m_onCollisionStay;
};

} // namespace ln

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