So after all these months NSW Labor finally expels Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald. They are a speedy lot in Sussex Street.
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ICAC: a $1800 waterfront dinner, a ‘$100m cheque to investors’
ICAC has heard a cosy little story of Ian Macdonald’s allies sealing a deal which could have been worth $100 million to the NSW government — over a waterfront dinner and a magnum of pinot noir.
READ MORECrikey Calling #8: Abbott’s Top End tax plan and Labor’s NSW woes
On Crikey Calling, Jason Whittaker and Bernard Keane finally get to talk some new Coalition policy. Plus, all the latest for an embattled Labor as the Eddie Obeid and Craig Thomson scandals drag on.
READ MOREEddie has Labor in his grip and will carry it to its doom
While innocuous, Tony Burke and Stephen Conroy’s contacts with Eddie Obeid symbolise how NSW Labor is likely to drag the Federal party to its doom this year.
READ MORETips and rumours
Dirty tricks among ACT Liberals … “He who must be Obeid” … Captain Cook falls on hard times in Melbourne …
READ MOREBMWs, billiards and flowers: ICAC goes through Obeid’s receipts
Eddie Obeid, in the dock at ICAC, is quizzed on the activities of his cashed-up family trust — but he says he was “hands off”, and appeared uninterested in the details.
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How Eddie Obeid ran NSW (but was silenced in court)
Finally, the man who ran NSW Labor — and perhaps the state — was defending himself at the ICAC inquiry. The political class had waited a long time to see Eddie Obeid take the stand.
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Crikey Clarifier: who are the Obeids and what did they do?
Who is Eddie Obeid, and why is his family now embroiled in a corruption scandal that goes to the heart of NSW politics? Crikey’s courtroom scribe records the history and argues why you should care.
READ MOREGhost of NSW government past may haunt Gillard
State politics may prove a boon for Julia Gillard — look at Queensland’s troubled Coalition crew. But how much will the ghost of NSW Labor haunt Gillard, as ICAC continues?
READ MORE‘I think I can help you with that’: Obeid pulling the NSW strings
Former planning minister Frank Sartor told the ICAC inquiry into NSW Labor party figures that 2009 was a “tawdry time”. As the Commission is learning, that’s quite an understatement.
READ MOREObeid, Macdonald in the dock: ICAC to rule on ALP machine men
The NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption has commenced its probe into former Labor MPs Eddie Obeid and Ian Macdonald. The state has waited a long time for this.
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Corrupted by cheap cars? NSW Labor men in the dock for day of reckoning
The Independent Commission Against Corruption in NSW will spend five months investigating the deals of former Labor MPs Ian Mcdonald, Eddie Obeid and Eric Roozendaal.
READ MORENSW election: Eddie’s everywhere until Robertson lands softly
Before he retires, NSW Labor “puppetmaster” Eddie Obeid has one more string to pull — he needs to ensure a soft landing for leader-in-waiting John Robertson, writes freelance journalist Candace Sutton.
READ MOREThe party puppeteers pulling all the strings
A fascinating feature of last week’s political killing season — a Premier and a federal Opposition Leader gunned down over three blood-spilling days — was the role of the Tripodi, Obeid and Minchin as sneaky puppeteers.
READ MOREHe Who Must Be Obeid
Eddie Obeid is one of the most despised politicians in New South Wales — he’s also the most powerful. Kate MsClymont looks at how he and off-sider Joe Tripodi maintain their “vice-like hold” over the party, despite repeated controversies.
READ MOREKeneally’s premiership is already tainted
New NSW Premier Kristina Keneally begins her reign with the stench of Eddie Obeid and Joe Tripodi hanging overhead, says Andrew West. It will be a true test of her leadership to see if she can overcome it.
READ MOREClennell: Rees cuts out the cancer of the NSW ALP
Nathan Rees made a risky but necessary incision into the NSW ALP caucus yesterday, says Andrew Clennell, removing powerbrokers Eddie Obeid and Joe Tripodi. Whether the party’s factional fractures can really be cured is another question, though.
READ MOREDeluded Della Bosca still wants the top job
It’s sadly obvious that John Della Bosca still wants the premier job, writes Andrew Clennell. Lucky for embattled leader Nathan Rees, Della Bosca has no chance and there are no other alternatives. Apart from Carmel Tebbutt…
READ MORENelson salutes, Howard on rights and the mess of NSW
Mungo MacCallum discusses Brendan Nelson’s departure, John Howard’s shameless return to his soap box, and Nathan Rees’ attempts to avoid the Obeid and Tripodi kiss of death.
READ MORERees minus Tripodi and Obeid, equals a healed NSW ALP
Nathan Rees will continue to flounder as NSW Premier until he sacks his Finance Minister Joe Tripodi and empties ALP faction boss Eddie Obeid out of the upper house, writes Alex Mitchell.
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