Comments on: Incompetence and scandal the NSW way http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/incompetence-and-scandal-the-nsw-way/ now with extra source Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:41:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom McLoughlin http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/incompetence-and-scandal-the-nsw-way/#comment-36248 Tom McLoughlin Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:45:45 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/01/incompetence-and-scandal-the-nsw-way/#comment-36248 James, not a bad foray. Certainly better grammer than this blogger. But you've wandered a bit there with the history all of which were certainly dramas of a kind but somewhat disparate and not related. The Iemma letter to Indonesia over the war crime alleged perpetrator in a luxury hotel here was a blip and seen as immoral but necessary in real politik terms. Only significant in the beltway probably. So I would have deleted this para. RNS and Gong are on point too right re Iemma record. I would have added in that minister who resigned after his undies dance on Budget night. That's on point with personal bad judgement in the Della Bosca story. Iemma lost his job over ALP Right excess and self interested motives on power privatisation over public interest rationale. If they had a better reputation for honesty they might have been plausible. Keating for instance as private consultant totally conflicted puppeteering the NSW ALP govt was grotesque really. Keep going on the NSW politics but understand that it rivals the federal sphere for detail, breadth, brutal real politik. Keeps alot of people busy and often challenging. Easy to hit banana skins from high to low. Think rollerball. James, not a bad foray. Certainly better grammer than this blogger. But you’ve wandered a bit there with the history all of which were certainly dramas of a kind but somewhat disparate and not related.

The Iemma letter to Indonesia over the war crime alleged perpetrator in a luxury hotel here was a blip and seen as immoral but necessary in real politik terms. Only significant in the beltway probably. So I would have deleted this para.

RNS and Gong are on point too right re Iemma record.

I would have added in that minister who resigned after his undies dance on Budget night. That’s on point with personal bad judgement in the Della Bosca story.

Iemma lost his job over ALP Right excess and self interested motives on power privatisation over public interest rationale. If they had a better reputation for honesty they might have been plausible. Keating for instance as private consultant totally conflicted puppeteering the NSW ALP govt was grotesque really.

Keep going on the NSW politics but understand that it rivals the federal sphere for detail, breadth, brutal real politik. Keeps alot of people busy and often challenging. Easy to hit banana skins from high to low. Think rollerball.

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