The leader of Australia’s most populous state resigned Friday amid a corruption investigation, leaving Sydneysiders — deep in months of lockdown — without a political leader.
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she would leave parliament after an anti-corruption body announced an inquiry into allegations against her.
“My resignation as premier could not occur at a worse time, but the timing is completely outside of my control,” Berejiklian told media in Sydney.
“I do not want to be a distraction from what should be the focus of state government during this pandemic, which is wellbeing of our citizens.
It always has been and always will be.” Berejiklian has been one of most prominent faces of Australia’s pandemic response, fronting cameras daily as federal govt was largely sidelined.—APP
