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NSW Premier Mike Baird reacts to former police minister Mike Gallacher's resignation.

The credibility of the NSW government has been hanging by a thread since the resignation of premier Barry O'Farrell last month.

O'Farrell's decision allowed cleanskin Mike Baird to step into the job in a bid to stem the bleeding that started when energy minister Chris Hartcher resigned from cabinet in December and continued when he and fellow central coast MPs Darren Webber and Chris Spence had their memberships of the parliamentary Liberal party suspended.

NSW Premier Mike Baird faces a massive credibility challenge one year out from an election. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

The resignation from cabinet of Mike Gallacher on Friday after he was accused of corrupt conduct in relation to the same alleged slush fund, Eightbyfive, that has tainted Hartcher and his colleagues risks blowing any remaining trust in the government to pieces in the mind of the public.

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The message it sends is appalling. Gallacher is not only Police Minister but also Leader of the Government in the Legislative Council. In other words, he has enjoyed the position of a respected leader of the parliamentary wing of the Liberal party.

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Liberals' credibility hanging by a thread