Politics Now ‘Institutionalised’ With Careerists: Ex-Premier

Former NSW Premier Mike Baird says politics is now divorced from trying to improve the lives of the citizens.
Politics Now ‘Institutionalised’ With Careerists: Ex-Premier
Former NSW Premier Mike Baird at St Marys Cathedral in Sydney, Australia on June 4, 2021. James Gourley-Pool/Getty Images
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Former NSW Premier Mike Baird has said Australian politics has become dominated by career politicians more interested in winning elections than creating bona fide change.
“The biggest [disappointment] to me is political leaders that don’t do what they know is right or what they believe in. That invariably means that people are managing to try and win elections,” Mr. Baird told Future Generation Australia CEO Caroline Gurney on a podcast on Jan. 8.