Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
Morris Iemma
Iemma still in the electric chair
The news for Premier Morris Iemma just keeps getting worse, writes Alex Mitchell.
Iemma’s dilemma: privatise or count the Costa
Can Morris Iemma survive the humiliating defeat that this Saturday’s State ALP Conference will inflict on its plans to privatise the electricity industry? ponders Alex Mitchell.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Meaty snippets from the home of government plus the daily reality check and the pick of other people’s political coverage. Richard Farmer writes.
NSW ALP leadership ignoring the rule book
So John Della Bosca, the NSW state government minister, thinks it’s “inappropriate” to threaten Labor members with expulsion from their party. Someone should have told Joe McDonald, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Iemma and his party remain on collision course
The head-on collision between NSW Premier Morris Iemma and his own party at the annual conference on 3 May will be one for the history books, writes Alex Mitchell.
Iemma to face ritual slaughter over NSW power privatisation
In just three weeks NSW’s Premier will face the NSW Labor Party conference when his plans to privatise the power industry will be debated and chucked out, writes Alex Mitchell.
Iemma’s diversion: ban political donations
Caught in a pincer between the unpopularity of his government’s plans to sell parts of the NSW power industry and toxic seepage from the Wollongong City Council corruption inquiry, Premier Morris Iemma launched a circuit-breaking offensive, writes Alex Mitchell.
The Media Monitors’ Top 20
Morris Iemma almost pips Brendan Nelson and Nicola Roxon’s up into fourth place, as health dominates the agenda in the latest Media Monitors’ Top 20.
NSW’s worst premier could still do something worthwhile…
Morris Iemma’s status as modern NSW’s worst premier is assured, but he may still make a significant contribution to public life if his proposal to ban political donations comes off, writes Bernard Keane.
NSW Cabinet set for bloodbath
The NSW parliament is buzzing with reports that Premier Morris Iemma is planning a major reshuffle of his lacklustre Cabinet, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW pays $10 million to find out the bleeding obvious
The modus operandi of the NSW Labor Government is now well established: when in trouble, create a diversion; when in dire trouble create a front-page fantasy, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW power privatisation: there’s something terribly wrong here
NSW Premier Morris Iemma and Treasurer Michael Costa are pressing ahead with their plan to privatise the state’s power industry, writes Alex Mitchell.
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Iemma farce will hurt Kevin in 2010
Kevin Rudd’s main obstacle to re-election in 2010 might be a succession of interest rate rises plus a deteriorating world economy, but the ridiculous Iemma government will not be helping, writes Peter Brent.
Any Tom, Dick or Harry can own a NSW brothel
Anyone can apply to their local council to get a license to run a NSW brothel, writes Chris Seage.
