Disappointment came early with the sight of #DavidElliott, the widely disliked New South Wales emergency services minister, back from his European holidays and back on the job. For a time at his premier’s press conference all that could be seen of him was an unhappy face 
over a gut hanging out of his trousers. Then he had his moment: “I came to step up not step down.” When Gladys Berejiklian looks pained, you feel it in your guts. That she can’t sack this man tells us a lot about the state of NSW politics. Elliott is a boss of the
far-right faction of the Liberal party, the men and women who stand for Christ, coal and the cops. Were she to touch Elliott, they could bring her down. More here from the one and only David Marr: ...theguardian.com/australia-news…
