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There is quite a gap between ‘Metherell’s [educational] reforms were unpopular’ and ‘charges of tax avoidance’. Much more might be said there, e.g. that his Party considered him an electoral liability and therefore engineered his downfall.

Metherell’s reforms were ‘unpopular’ with the intransigently Left-wing NSW Teachers Federation, who orchestrated strikes and stop-work meetings, mightily inconveniencing the public. He introduced, among other ideas, promotion by merit selection, not via seniority, which enraged many teachers who clung to the old Public Service time-server mentality. Now read on… 121.44.25.133 (talk) 07:08, 4 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]