Politics Now ‘Institutionalised’ With Careerists: Ex-Premier

Published on January 9, 2024

Former NSW Premier Mike Baird has said Australian politics has become dominated by career politicians more interested in winning elections than creating bona fide change. “The biggest thing to me is political leaders that don’t do what they know is right or what they believe in. That invariably means that people are managing to try and win elections,” Mr. Baird told Future Generation Australia CEO Caroline Gurney on a podcast on Jan. 8. “They’re stoking division for that aim—because they’re either trying to drive support in their base or they’re trying to drive people away from opponents. And I think we’ve lost something. I think we’ve lost you know that great capacity—what is needed for our country.”...

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