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gladys berejiklian denies calling scott morrison an 'evil bully' who anonymously undermines her because her pandemic handling makes him look incompetent

Gladys Berejiklian has denied calling prime minister Scott Morrison a 'bully' and 'evil' and insisted the pair are on good terms despite reports of flaring tensions.  

Speaking at her Covid press conference on Sunday, the premier outright denied reports that she had resorted to name calling behind the prime minister's back. 

'I completely say do not believe what you read,' she told reporters. 'Can I say this, a number of times, some of you in this room might not like what I'm about to say.

'A number of times I've read things during the course of this pandemic that hasn't been based on fact. I always say listen to the briefings and what we say here, because that is fact.'

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, the premier outright denied reports that she had resorted to name calling behind the prime minister's back

Speaking at a press conference on Sunday, the premier outright denied reports that she had resorted to name calling behind the prime minister's back

The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Ms Berejiklian told colleagues she believed Mr Morrison was a 'bully' and described his behaviour as 'evil'.     

Ms Berejiklian was pressed by reporters to corroborate the claim before she vehemently denied the reports. The premier had nothing but praise for Mr Morrison.

'Can I thank the prime minister for his support during the entire course of the pandemic, but especially in relation to this outbreak,' she said.

'Those extra doses of Pfizer he was able to give to NSW are making a real difference, and I have thanked him privately. I also want to thank him publicly for that incredible support.'  

Senior colleagues said the premier was fuming after a source from the prime minister's office contacted The Sunday Telegraph.

They told the paper the prime minister advised Ms Berejiklian to impose a state-wide lockdown days before she introduced one on August 14. 

Sources close to Ms Berejiklian claimed the leak had the premier fuming and she took it as an attempt by the prime minister's office to undermine her authority.  

'Usually he briefs against her for doing her job with some measure of competence,' they claimed. 

'He doesn't like the contrast – he makes himself look big by trying to make others look small.'  

The SMH reported Mr Morrison is jokingly known as the 'Prime Minister for Mr Morrison' or the 'Prime Minister for NSW' within Ms Berejiklian's inner circle.

They claim she finds it so unpleasant to work with Mr Morrison that she would have preferred Defence Minister Peter Dutton as prime minister.

Mr Dutton was narrowly defeated by Mr Morrison in a leadership spill in 2018 that deposed former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull. 

NSW ministers say the premier vented her frustration over the political leak during private discussions with colleagues. 

'Those extra doses of Pfizer he was able to give to New South Wales are making a real difference, and I have thanked him privately,' Ms Berejiklian said.

'Those extra doses of Pfizer he was able to give to New South Wales are making a real difference, and I have thanked him privately,' Ms Berejiklian said.

'Gladys lost her s**t. She said 'That's rubbish, that's absolute rubbish',' a NSW minister told news.com.au.

'She said, 'If they want to start backgrounding on stuff like this, maybe it's time I started leaking stuff that the PM says to me that never comes to fruition, like on vaccines'.'     

Mr Morrison previously confirmed the NSW premier had been advised to lockdown the state under the recommendation of chief medical officer Paul Kelly.  

'Well, I can confirm the decision of the NSW government to have a statewide lockdown is consistent with the advice that I had received from the chief medical officer that the government had considered and had been discussed with the NSW Government,' Mr Morrison told reporters in Canberra.  

Asked when Ms Berejiklian was told, and why she did not act on the advice, Mr Morrison declined to address the questions. 

'I confirm what our position was and how we've relayed it and I'm pleased the decision has been taken and I think it is really important now that we just focus on making it work,' he said.   

Ms Berejiklian was pressed by reporters to corroborate the claim before she vehemently denied the rumour

Ms Berejiklian was pressed by reporters to corroborate the claim before she vehemently denied the rumour

Sources close to Ms Berejiklian claimed the leak had left the premier fuming and that she took it as an attempt by the prime minister's office to undermine her authority (pictured, Sydneysider at Burwood)

Sources close to Ms Berejiklian claimed the leak had left the premier fuming and that she took it as an attempt by the prime minister's office to undermine her authority (pictured, Sydneysider at Burwood)

But the premier refuted the prime minister's claim just an hour later while addressing the media at a press conference in Sydney on August 1 .  

Asked whether Mr Morrison urged her to lock down the state, Ms Berejiklian said she made the decision after being advised by Chief Medical Officer Kerry Chant. 

'Can I say, what I'm about to say is the absolute fact. Yesterday, after the press conference, I went upstairs for a briefing with Dr Chant,' she said.

'She provided me with additional advice. I shared that advice with the Deputy Premier. We then moved to lockdown all of rural and regional NSW.

'To be frank, yesterday most of the state was locked down already.

'It was just a few local government areas in regional and rural communities. 

'Please know, that in a pandemic, you have to act on the health advice he receive and we had received advice yesterday about many people moving from the ACT to the southern parts of NSW which was a concern given what is happening in the ACT so that advice was provided to me yesterday and we took that advice immediately.' 

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