NSW state election is this Saturday. The current (outgoing?) Coalition government has:

- approved many new/expanded #CoalMines with catastrophic #ClimateImpacts. Their record on biodiversity is even worse: record land clearing, #koalakiller, brumbies, mass fish kills. Not to mention #WaterMismanagement (& #corruption).

- undermined #CivilLiberties to an alarming extent. Compare anti-protest laws and #NSWpolice powers now vs a decade ago.

- corruption scandals aplenty, going right to the top: all four premiers subject to credible accusations of serious misconduct. Two premiers & a deputy premier have resigned as the direct result of #ICAC investigations. Some of them have openly defended #pork-barrelling, which ICAC labels corrupt behaviour.

- privatised the electricity grid & large chunks of public transport. Overseen the creeping #privatisation of health + education, putting crucial infrastructure + services in the hands of #plutocracy, subject to the pernicious effects of the profit motive. All these areas have seen significant erosion of public well-being + satisfaction, with widespread industrial action one symptom of many.

- close ties—philosophically, personally + practically—to the federal #Coalition who finally got the boot last year.

#NSWpol