 However, immediate conflict arose due to an existing hostile relationship with the Member for the Blue Mountains Phil Koperberg.Elected at the 2007 NSW state election, Koperberg was immediately appointed to the Ministry and Cabinet as Minister for Climate Change, the Environment and Water.When Koperberg sought preselection for Blue Mountains in 2006, Labor officials were secretly notified (by way of an affidavit) that an apprehended violence order had been sought in 1987 by Koperberg's former wife, Katherine Specking.