NSW election: Baird admits federal government woes are an unhelpful distraction

By Amy McNeilage
Updated February 11 2015 - 5:08am, first published February 2 2015 - 12:13pm
Mike Baird, flanked by ministers Adrian Piccoli and Gabriel Upton, says he expects Tony Abbott to prove wrong those who doubt him because of plummeting approval ratings. Photo: Jane Dyson
Mike Baird, flanked by ministers Adrian Piccoli and Gabriel Upton, says he expects Tony Abbott to prove wrong those who doubt him because of plummeting approval ratings. Photo: Jane Dyson

Premier Mike Baird has acknowledged the federal government's woes are an unhelpful distraction just eight weeks out from the NSW state election.