This morning the Deputy Premier of NSW, John Barilaro announced his intention to resign as leader of the NSW Nationals and as the Member for Monaro. Leaders from various political parties have given their reactions to the sudden move.
Dominic Perrottet
This is an important opportunity to inject new energy and leadership across the Government so that we can continue the work of the NSW Liberals and Nationals to secure a strong recovery for the people of our state, and build a better future beyond the pandemic.
Bronnie Taylor
The success of regional NSW is the success of John Barilaro and his team of the NSW Nationals. Under his leadership, our regions have flourished, with unprecedented investment into the bush.
Melinda Pavey
To John, the carpenters in Cooma were more important than the Ministers on Macquarie Street. His legacy will live on through the Department of Regional NSW, which has given a voice to our communities.
Sarah Mitchell
For the past five years, John Barilaro has led regional NSW, the NSW Nationals and the Coalition partnership through exceptionally challenging times.
His passion is his success, whether it is in education, business, transport or agriculture. If it is good for the people of regional NSW, he fights to the hilt for it.
Kevin Anderson
It has been my great pleasure to work alongside John since we were both elected to the NSW Parliament in 2011.John has been committed to bridging the gap between the city and the country.John is a passionate and committed fighter for the bush and is never afraid to stand up and speak his mind.
