If there’s a state government the Prime Minister has spent the most time talking up over the past year it’s the one led by Gladys Berejiklian. 

Scott Morrison has regularly praised the NSW Premier for her government’s so-called ‘gold standard’ approach to contact tracing, and unwillingness to enter lockdown.

But behind the surface there are growing tensions between key Liberal party figures in NSW and the federal government. 

Today, national correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe on how factionalism and mishandled pandemic are weakening Scott Morrison’s influence in his home state.

Guest: National correspondent for The Saturday Paper Mike Seccombe.

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