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The average person that lives in Sydney, if they want to buy a house in Sydney, that shouldn't be out of reach for them.
This is 2017, nobody should be sleeping in a tent on the concrete in the middle of Martin Place - it's not safe for them.
Our message in NSW is government don't need to run businesses that are out of date when the private sector can do that better.
I hear what people have said about what they want to see the Opera House used for and what they don't want to see it used for.
NSW is always guided by the experts. It's not for politicians to decide how we manage hazard reduction or back burning operations.
I will say this: in a state of emergency operations decisions are taken by the commissioner. It's not for politicians to interfere.
I want to encourage students during school hours to express their views, to discuss their views in the classroom or the playground.
Everyone in life has those critical moments in their life when they know that something they did or didn't do would affect their future.
Look at me - I'm the daughter of migrants and I certainly felt on the ground very early on in my premiership that people did warm to me.
I want to pay tribute to the teachers who, during my life at school in the public education system, saw something in me and encouraged it.
For me, being Australian is having the opportunity to be your best. This country, this state, gives us every opportunity we could hope for.
I want every person in New South Wales, no matter where they live, to feel that they have the choices and the opportunities to be their best.
The relocated Powerhouse Museum in Parramatta will be the anchor for arts and culture for the region, and now the site for the museum is locked in.
I think we are smashing it as a government in terms of economic performance and infrastructure spend, but not everybody feels part of that success story.
The people of NSW should not continue to be held hostage to a lowest common denominator approach that privileges the parochial interests of small populations.
I want the people of Wagga to know that my government will work hard across NSW, but especially in that region, to win back the trust that we have clearly lost.
It's distressing to see anyone in the community struggle to access public transport - whether they're elderly, customers with a disability or families with prams.
I'm the daughter of proud immigrants myself, but it's clear that successive federal governments have allowed the rate of immigration to NSW to balloon out of control.
The community spoke loudly and clearly and said, 'You need to protect prime agricultural land, you need to protect our water catchments,' and that's exactly what we've done.
Children are there to go to school and I absolutely support their rights to have views about the world and I absolutely support them expressing themselves, but not during school.
I encourage young people to feel passionately about important issues including climate change. But to suggest that they should strike during school hours is grossly irresponsible.
I will continue to - my team and I - will continue to work our guts out to make sure this state and its people continue to ensure that we have the best opportunities on this planet.
I've been in public office now 14 years, I've been a senior minister for six. There's pretty much a fair bit out there about the kind of person I am and how I apply myself to the job.
My government has been playing catch-ups building the schools, hospitals, roads and transport links our state needs to deal with our growing population after years of do-nothing Labor governments.
Of course Labor think it's a choice between schools, hospitals or stadiums - because they were so incompetent they couldn't manage the budget so they never had the opportunity to build like we have.
The overwhelming message I was getting is that people were sick of politicians fighting amongst themselves and sick of the perception that politicians were in it for themselves and not the community.
I think people expect when you have a new Premier that it's that Premier's prerogative to look at everything on the table and say, 'Well I'm the leader now. What do I want to take forward and what don't I?'
For the states that take the lead on reform - asset recycling, deregulation, service innovation - the Federal Government could step back, and allow greater flexibility in how we deliver our responsibilities.
I'm really proud of a lot of the achievements we've made as a government but obviously I'll be putting my mark on the premiership and doing things that I think are important in terms of my own personal priority.
I'm always happy to listen, always happy to consider what the community wants. But there are also times when you make a decision, you stick by your guns because you know it's in the best interests of the community.
I accept you need the right balance, people do need to know their privacy is protected, but when it's essential information which will be dealt with by security agencies... I do feel the public interest overrides that.
I'm incredibly proud that no matter where you live in New South Wales, whether in the regions or the city, you're seeing projects come to life and delivered that were only imagined, that were only spoken about by the previous government.
The Opera House guidelines have from time to time been amended, whether it's for other sporting events or other causes. The guidelines have always been stretched in the part and the commercialisation of the Opera House has always been there.