Gladys Berejiklian sacks parliamentary secretary after she voted against revised NSW koala bill

NSW Liberal MP Catherine Cusack has been sacked as a parliamentary secretary after voting against the government's bill on koala protection.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks during Question Time in the Legislative Assembly at New South Wales Parliament House in Sydney, Wednesday, October 14, 2020. (AAP Image/Sydney Morning Herald, POOL, Steven Siewert) NO ARCHIVING

Question time in the NSW Legistative Assembly with Premier Gladys Berejiklian .14th October 2020 Photo: Steven Siewert Source: AAP

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has sacked one of her own party's parliamentary secretaries after the Liberal MP voted against a compromise bill on koala protection.

Catherine Cusack on Thursday told the upper house she could not back the land management bill negotiated with the Nationals,

who had threatened to split from the government over the koala policy

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Published 22 November 2020 10:23am

Presented by Yang J. Joo

Source: AAP, SBS

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