Premier Gladys Berijiklian will have to appoint a new Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter following the shock resignation of Catherine Cusack.
The Upper House Mp sent a scathing 9 page email to the Premier which was leaked to the media.
In it she criticised the government's Upper House leader and recently appointed Energy Minister, Don Harwin saying "we are working with Don's dreadful performance", saying he is no orator, easily flustered and has wafer-thin skin.
Catherine Cusack went on to say she would join the cross bench if the Premier continued to say she made her ministerial appointments on merit.
Shadow Minister for the Hunter Kate Washingtion says the region has lost a good representative, "She consulted the community well, she consulted with local MPs well. I felt she was doing a better job than Scot MacDonald had been doing in that role in the past year and had achieved more perhaps in the 5 weeks she was there, so it is really disappointing to see that she's resigned from this position," she said.
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