00:00I've got a responsibility to have a close relationship with the nation's Prime Minister
00:06and I will do that and I need to preserve that by ensuring that when we do have a conversation,
00:14to the extent possible, it remains between us. The only thing I'd say is that whilst there's
00:21understandably been reporting of the differences between us and our governments, what you perhaps
00:27don't see but is equally true is the fact that we've worked incredibly closely over multiple crises
00:35in New South Wales and he's been excellent. Not good, not kind of helpful, excellent. Excellent on a
00:42professional level in the sense that he's provided funds and investment to New South Wales. As I said
00:47on radio this morning, he's overruled his officials. He never ducks it. He's often on the ground with us
00:54during those periods and he doesn't say no. So we've both got a professional responsibility
01:00during times of crisis but his has gone above and beyond that and he's been excellent. He's been
01:05excellent to our state and I have to say on a personal level because he's been around in politics
01:10and in public life longer than me, he's been excellent at that level too and I've taken his advice.
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