Kellie Sloane: NSW Opposition Leader's Pitch to New South Wales
6/3/202651 min
In this conversation with NSW Opposition Leader Kellie Sloane, she explains why she believes New South Wales has gone from the nation's top-performing economy to the bottom of the pack under Labor's watch.
Kellie discusses her journey from country journalism to opposition leadership, her experience during the Bondi terror attack, and her strategy for defeating a first-term government.
She also addresses federal-state tensions within Labor, the importance of assimilation in modern Australia, and why authenticity matters more than ever in contemporary politics.
- New South Wales economic decline under Labor government
- Federal-state tensions over GST and infrastructure funding
- The Bondi Junction terrorist attack response
- Assimilation versus multiculturalism debate
- Coalition relationship between Liberals and Nationals
- Presidential-style campaigning in state elections
- Young people's disillusionment with traditional politics
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First 90 secondsMark Bouris· Host0:00
Kelly Sloan, welcome to Straight Talk.
Kellie Sloane· Guest0:01
It's great to be here.
Mark Bouris· Host0:02
You're now the New South Wales leader of the opposition.
Kellie Sloane· Guest0:05
Yeah.
Mark Bouris· Host0:06
That's a pretty big task given the, uh, let's call it the popularity of, um, Minns. Um, how do you feel about that? How does it go? Like, and, and do you guys actually get at each other or... I mean, they ha- that seems to happen in federal politics.
Kellie Sloane· Guest0:19
Yeah.
Mark Bouris· Host0:19
But it doesn't seem to happen that much in state politics, at least here in New South Wales.
Kellie Sloane· Guest0:22
Look, I, I think we get along pretty well as people, but we have some pretty big policy differences. So where we've had a probably a gentle ride in in terms of the Labor-Liberal relationship, uh, there'll probably be increasingly more, um, uh, you know, genuine arguments over, over policy and the direction of the state. Um, but yet he's, you know, he's a, he's a, a likable premier. He's a, a popular premier, but I would argue that, um, behind that lies a government that is failing New South Wales, so I've got a big job to do.
Mark Bouris· Host0:58
Yeah, convincing New South Wales people that that's the case. The federal politics is like a bear pit. They're at each other within the party, their own parties. Um, they're at each other party against party. Um, we've got, uh, you know, One Nation sort of ragging everybody, left, right, and center, everyone ragging One Nation, and then they're calling each other out. Like, you know, it's like an attack on Pauline Hanson, it's attack on Albanese, it's attack on, not so much attack on Angus at this stage, uh, 'cause he hasn't really put his head up as the, you know, hasn't really been