Two former NSW Labor powerbrokers rubbish James Packer’s hiring of dumped ALP national secretary Karl Bitar as a Crown Casino lobbyist, suggesting the media scion might be better off dispatching his new charge back to the dole queue.
Morris Iemma
Robbo takes the top job as NSW Labor’s history wars rage on
John Robertson is a rebel with a cause, a diabolically difficult one — to transform NSW Labor from a national laughing stock to a viable political entity. His time starts now.
Bitar’s reign of mayhem comes to an end
Karl Bitar departs Labor’s national secretaryship, leaving a smoking ruin where viable political parties once stood.
Electricity privatisation: Keneally piloting death star that is Labor
NSW Labor is a death star and the Premier’s final undoing will be the reactor at its core — the state’s electricity privatisation plan, writes Candace Sutton.
The MP, the Lamborghini, the dictator … yep, it was a bad day
Yesterday was a very bad day for Robert Furolo, MP for Lakemba in the NSW Parliament, writes New South Wales Labor insider Prue Believer.
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Cavalier: How to destroy a Premier
The NSW Labor government has seen four premiers in just five years. Former NSW Education Minister Rodney Cavalier offers an insider account of the Nathan Rees and Morris Iemma downfalls.
Arise, Premier Carmel Tebbutt, your hour is now
It now seems inevitable that deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt will replace Nathan Rees. Her critics say she is likeable, lovely and limited. This seems to also reflect her assessment, writes NSW ALP Left insider Joe Sammaras.
Incompetence and scandal the NSW way
New South Wales doesn’t need another AFL team — its government provides more than enough in the way of spectator sport, writes Crikey intern James Pattison.
Lobbyists line up to speed date government ministers
Businesses have forked out thousands to sit down to meetings with senior Rudd Government ministers, out of the gaze of the media, as an official part of the ALP National Conference.
Tips and rumours: In which Malcolm Turnbull eats a, gasp, hot dog
A bounty of tips today from Turnbull, his vociferous staffer and Marinergate to Andrew Jaspan.
NSW to spend $1 billion on the Opera House — WTF?
The NSW State Government’s announcement over the weekend to fund a renovation of the Sydney Opera House to the tune of $1 billion is either just a furphy or an ill-conceived waste of tax-payers money, writes Nicholas Pickard.
Babcock & Brown political donations will be missed
When the helium-driven investment bank Babcock & Brown collapsed into the arms of the administrator last Friday, the major political parties lowered their flags to half mast, writes Alex Mitchell.
Reba Meagher’s tabloid return
Former NSW Health Minister Reba Meagher has re-emerged after flouncing out of the NSW Labor Government, writes Alex Mithcell.
The Terrigals’ reign of NSW bastardry is over
The NSW ALP right-wing faction known as the “Terrigals” is dead, writes Alex Mitchell.
Ethanol: Not really all that green
The production and distribution of ethanol as an alternative motor vehicle fuel source will increase greenhouse gas emissions over conventional fuels, writes Bernard Keane.
Rees is the NSW premier, whatever the press gallery thinks
A week is a long time in politics, especially if you are following the print media in NSW, writes Alex Mitchell.
Cherie Burton MP part two: Sussex to Macquarie St
Ms Burton’s entire career has been as a factional player in NSW ALP politics, writes Alex Mitchell.
Newcastle TV reader’s dazzling ministerial rise
The meteoric parliamentary career of Jodi McKay, the Labor MP for Newcastle, continues to amaze her caucus colleagues in Macquarie Street, writes Alex Mitchell.
Sydney’s Metro Line goes down the gurgler
The train standing on platform 1 is the Labor Government special service to electoral oblivion. It will be leaving at the state election in March 2011, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW Labor swears in Rt Hon “Robbo” MLC
For the first time in recent memory, the ALP’s Sussex Street machine seems to have chosen a parliamentarian of substance and ability, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW top bureaucrat quits with fatigue
Oops. NSW Pemier Nathan Ress has just lost Robyn Kruk, the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, the State’s most powerful bureaucrat, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW ALP: Thistlewaite to be general secretary
Thistlewaite’s background is in the trade union bureaucracy, not the ALP’s Sussex Street machine from where previous general secretaries have been recruited, writes Alex Mitchell.
Baseball bats ready at four NSW by-elections
Next Saturday’s four by-elections in NSW will show the electoral toxicity of the Labor Government, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW infrastructure tzar takes his revenge on Rees
David Richmond has walked out of the $300,000-a-year job as NSW Coordinator General after just 18 months, writes Alex Mitchell.
