Sydney worker sacked after filming himself tossing a package for NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian

A Sydney freight handler has been fired from his job after he filmed himself tossing a package addressed to the NSW Premier.

The vision was captured inside a CouriersPlease sorting room and emerged on social media over the weekend.

It shows the man holding a package with Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s name written on the label. He then says: “Ladies and gentleman, f**king Gladys.

“I’ve got a shipment for Gladys. Look, look, look. You know what to do with this?” he remarks to another co-worker.

The man then tosses the package across the room before turning the camera around and appearing to spit into his own mask.

His employer CouriersPlease released a statement saying it had been made aware of the incident.

“CouriersPlease has been alerted to a video circulating on the internet in relation to a parcel addressed to the NSW Premier’s office,” the company said in a statement.

“The content of the video in no way reflects the values or code of conduct at CouriersPlease.

“The freight handler in the video was dismissed immediately as part of our investigation, and we are also speaking with our franchisees and employees to ensure everyone adheres to our code of conduct.”

NSW recorded six deaths and 1218 new local cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, with the escalating outbreak in southwestern Sydney causing extra concern for health authorities.

Among the deaths were three people aged in their 80s and three aged in their 70s.

Four of them were unvaccinated and two of them had only had one dose of the vaccine.