Premier Gladys Berejiklian has followed in the footsteps of former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and posed for a fashion spread in The Australian Women's Weekly.
Unlike Gillard and that infamous knitted kangaroo cover, the Premier ensured the props were kept to a minimum and, like her federal Liberal colleague Julie Bishop, provided creative and styling assistance on the shoot.
More NSW News Videos
- Video duration
- 02:17
Berejiklian sworn in as NSW Premier
Berejiklian sworn in as NSW Premier
Gladys Berejiklian is officially sworn in as the 45th Premier of New South Wales. Vision courtesy ABC News 24.
Up Next
Restaurant names and shames no-shows
- Video duration
- 01:12
- Video duration
- 01:12
Restaurant names and shames no-shows
Restaurant names and shames no-shows
Erez Gordon, owner of Bishop Sessa restaurant in Surry Hills, explains why he uses social media to name and shame diners who fail to honour their reservation.
Up Next
Amber Harrison and Seven go to court
- Video duration
- 01:01
- Video duration
- 01:01
Amber Harrison and Seven go to court
Amber Harrison and Seven go to court
After weeks of virtual mud-slinging Amber Harrison and Seven Network have their first opportunity to air their grievances before a judge in Sydney.
Up Next
Sukkar: Get a 'highly paid job'
- Video duration
- 01:44
- Video duration
- 01:44
Sukkar: Get a 'highly paid job'
Sukkar: Get a 'highly paid job'
Michael Sukkar, a Coalition MP assigned with the job of tackling Australia's housing affordability problems, offers his advice on how to get on the property ladder.
Up Next
Woman killed in Sydney house fire
- Video duration
- 01:17
- Video duration
- 01:17
Woman killed in Sydney house fire
Woman killed in Sydney house fire
A woman has died after a fierce fire tore through a house in Bangor in Sydney's south early on Tuesday morning, police say. Vision courtesy: ABC News 24
Up Next
HSC overhaul announced
- Video duration
- 01:41
- Video duration
- 01:41
HSC overhaul announced
HSC overhaul announced
Former NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli outlines sweeping changes to the HSC in the biggest overhaul in a generation.
Up Next
ATO chases Mehajer's $4million windfall
- Video duration
- 00:43
- Video duration
- 00:43
ATO chases Mehajer's $4million windfall
ATO chases Mehajer's $4million windfall
The Tax Office and Salim Mehajer will meet in court to discuss whether the controversial former Auburn deputy mayor owes money from an industrial property sale last year.
Up Next
NSW storms: whopper hailstones hit Hornsby
- Video duration
- 00:41
- Video duration
- 00:41
NSW storms: whopper hailstones hit Hornsby
NSW storms: whopper hailstones hit Hornsby
Severe storms hammered parts of Sydney's on Saturday, inlcuding Hornsby where Fairfax photographer Nick Moir was battered by golf ball-sized hailstones.
Berejiklian sworn in as NSW Premier
Gladys Berejiklian is officially sworn in as the 45th Premier of New South Wales. Vision courtesy ABC News 24.
Berejiklian chose to wear a black dress by her close friend Carla Zampatti in the shot obtained by Fairfax Media. She also turned down a Giorgio Armani ensemble that had been borrowed for the shoot, instead preferring to be photographed in her own pink jacket bought from fast-fashion chain Zara.
The new Premier arrived on set with "a swag of clothes", including a yellow Country Road dress.
"This is my lucky dress. I bought it on sale," she told the magazine.
The Premier was interviewed for the corresponding feature twice and opens up about her father, her relatives in war-torn Aleppo and the decision to remain childless, an issue that is framed as her "life choice".
"I've never made a conscious decision to choose work over other considerations. It's just the way it's happened in my life and I'm very happy with where I am," she said.
The Australian Women's Weekly's editor-in-chief Kim Doherty appears to be following in the footsteps of her predecessor Helen McCabe by profiling politicians.
"Although we are a national magazine, we chose to profile Gladys because she is only the 10th female state government leader ever and the second in NSW. We are fierce supporters of all women, whatever their politics," Doherty told Fairfax Media.
"Gladys has a classic Australian story to tell. In these days of division over immigration, she is an inspiring success story. As she told us, she only spoke Armenian until the age of five."
The story will appear in the new issue of The Australian Women's Weekly, on stands on Thursday.