Home affairs minister


Bad timing for NSW Community Services shake-up

With NSW Premier Morris Iemma ensnared in a crop of crippling scandals, the chronically underfunded, understaffed and dysfunctional NSW Department of Community Services is undergoing a changing of the guard, writes Alex Mitchell.

Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks

Reforming the criminal law … Rating the maiden speeches … The quitters quit … The spread of working families … The Daily Reality Check … The Pick of This Morning’s Political Coverage …