Two Sydney communities with vastly different demographics were the scene of anger meltdowns this week over the common issue of local democracy.
Articles by Alex Mitchell 
Convicted rapists Bilal and Mohammed Skaf caught with mobiles in cell
Two mobile phones have been found in the prison cell of convicted NSW rapists Bilal and Mohammed Skaf, causing a major security scare at Goulburn Jail, writes Alex Mitchell.
Newsagents bid to buy NSW Lotteries
Newsagencies in NSW are worried about forthcoming privatisation of NSW Lotteries, so they’ve decided to put in a bid themselves.
Eastman returns to the scene of the crime
Former Canberra Treasury official David Eastman will return to the ACT this week.
Can Walt Secord help NSW Labor regain direction?
Premier Bob Carr’s former spinmeister Walt Secord returned to state politics today as chief of staff to the NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal, writes Alex Mitchell.
Rudd-Rees “civil war” is a Sydney media fiction
Post-budget Sydney media stories that Rudd is waging a “civil war” against NSW Premier Nathan Rees, and that the two are at “loggerheads”, are utter nonsense.
Merger of Sydney racing clubs under starter’s orders
The $2 billion racing industry is too important to be left in the hands of anachronistic racing clubs guided by part-time boards comprising old racing buffs.
Lacey brothers jailed for shooting: now the post mortem
The Lacey affair has placed Queensland’s criminal justice system under a considerable strain. But somehow the Courier-Mail has taken only a passing interest.
Austcorp in the hands of voluntary administrators
The ASX this morning suspended trading in the Austcorp Property Group as the debt-strapped property company was placed in the hands of voluntary administrators.
Askin era in NSW wasn’t only about corruption
It is fraudulent of the NSW Labor Party to insist repeatedly that the late NSW Premier Sir Robert Askin led a government that did nothing more than shuffle brown paper bags full of SP money.
Bob Carr’s excuses backfire explosion
Former NSW Premier Bob Carr’s attempt to revise recent history and air-brush his record-breaking 10 years in office has ended in a humiliating debacle.
NSW: campaigning for a new Labor
The chief topic of discourse in Macquarie Street is whether Premier Nathan Rees can repeat what Premier Anna Bligh did in Queensland in March.
Conman Peter Foster’s untold stories of Tony and Cherie Blair
Conman Peter Foster intends continuing a Supreme Court action against London’s Daily Mail.
Minister Joe Tripodi and top bureaucrat at 10 paces
The political dysfunction at the centre of the NSW Government now involves a stand-off between the Infrastucture Minister Joe Tripodi and the Infrastructure Coordinator-General Bob Leece.
Call to modernise NSW ALP grows desperate
The bureaucracy in Sussex Street, by its very nature, is impervious to change.
NSW’s pants-down MP misses Premier’s summit
Labor MPs are increasingly ill-disciplined.
NSW government infrastructure yard sale
The NSW Labor Government has a death wish.
Austcorp follies just the beginning
Will intrepid Kevin and Wayne come to Austcorp’s rescue?
Nile expells Flash but he won’t be silenced
The Reverend “Flash” Gordon Moyes has been expelled from Fred Nile’s Christian Democrat Party.
NSW upper house succession deal turns nasty
Luke Foley maintains that he has been “dudded” by Ian Macdonald but the ALP hierarchy cannot enforce an unrecorded and private deal.
NSW anti-corruption watchdog faces unrelenting pressure
Yet another attempt has been made to re-define the meaning of “corrupt conduct” as determined by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.
Robert Griew: from health to education
Yet another refugee from the state public service has found himself a senior position in Kevin Rudd’s Canberra bureaucracy.
After failed coup, Australian Jockey Club is knackered
The venerable Australian Jockey Club has only been half-saved by the cabal calling itself Save Our AJC.
