As pressure on NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to step down is building up, there have been media reports that insiders have discussed contingency plans and options how to move forward should Gladys Berejiklian quit, or be forced to quit over the failure to contain the rapidly escalating Covid-19 crisis.
Related: Gladys Berejiklian statement on resignation
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7News reports ministers and backbenchers are worried the premier is further losing the public’s confidence and are concerned about the ongoing corruption investigation that’s been linked to her.
"There’s speculation the leadership could go to Police Minister David Elliott or Tourism and Jobs Minister Stuart Ayres."
"Treasurer Dominic Perrottet is still considered to be the front-runner for Berejiklian’s position."
The reports have not been confirmed by any NSW government official yet.
NSW has broken its previous records both on August 18 and 19 with the daily confirmed cases reaching 700.
“What the data is telling us in the last few days is that we haven’t seen the worst of it,” Berejiklian said on Wednesday.
The NSW government is increasingly accused of playing the blame game: delta variant, Western Sydney, NSW residents, light fines, etc. everything and everybody are at fault.
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