Few party officials effortlessly wield as much power as seen at last weekend’s NSW ALP conference. It was Luke Foley’s conference, writes Joe Sammaras.
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Clennell: Nathan Rees vs. the world
Nathan Rees’ “fresh approach” to government is already looking stale, say Andrew Clennell and Louise Hall, putting up a hostile front to critic, the media and fellow MPs as he continues to play party politics.
How Rees’ secret plot unfolded
Nathan Rees’ axing of ministers Joe Tripodi and Ian Macdonald was a carefully plotted and highly secretive affair, according to Labor insiders. The Tele reveals how it all unfolded “under the cover of darkness”. Straight out of Le Carré!
Clennell: 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.
‘Stronger democracy’ gives way to strong-arm democracy in NSW
NSW government agencies will be collating the private data of NSW citizens and providing it to the NSW Electoral Commission to automatically update the electoral roll. There’ll be no opting out; you will have no choice.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Cardinal Pell’s climate sceptic pals
Cardinal George Pell makes friends with climate sceptics, the SMH’s new A-group, a conspiracy theory about the Bondi caveman, and is Christopher Pyne eying the leadership?
Deluded 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…
Political snippets: Good news from China, bad news from Copenhagen
Some good news from China on the economy, but some bad news from Copenhagen on the prospect of positive outcomes from the Copenhagen climate change talks. And au revior to the Breakfast Media Wrap.
The long, long knifing of Nathan Rees
NSW premier Nathan Rees’ political death has been much reported, yet oddly slow to happen, writes Crikey intern Aaron Flanagan, with rumours as far back as January yet to bear fruit.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: The biennial ABC indigenous staff love-in
Will the ABC executive perform a “rap dance” (a “dance” presumably pronounced with a long a) as part of their ABC indigenous staff team building? At least there are no plastic chains this year.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Old athletes jeer for Rees
Nathan Rees got a chilly reception at the World Masters Games Opening Ceremony on Sunday night, things are going from bad to worse at Airservices Australia, playing games with Chevron and more hot tips from Crikey folk.
Murray Darling deals in a shocking state
While NSW and the Commonwealth have agreed to a deal that will see the lifting of NSW’s embargo on water trading, Victoria and Queensland aren’t cooperating. Bernard Keane breaks it down.
‘What is your perception of Nathan Rees?’: Labor polling begins
Secret polling is already under way in supposedly safe Labor seats in NSW, with fears that the next election may be an complete wipeout for the scandal ridden Rees government.
McGurk’s secret tapes could destroy NSW govt
Explosive claims that murdered businessman Michael McGurk secretly recorded offers of bribes with five NSW MPs and a federal MP, with reports the tapes would bring down the NSW government.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Disaster looming at Immigration Dept?
“Disaster is just around the corner” at the Department of Immigration, says a tipster. Plus: cutbacks could be coming for frequent flyers, and will Rees front up over Sydney’s Environmental Impact Assessment?
Underbelly IV: NSW Labor politics
Nathan Rees has been unable to stop the ‘soap opera’ of NSW politics, with the murder of businessman Michael McGurk opening up a Pandora’s box of corruption claims in NSW politics, thanks to an allegedly incriminating video.
Stimulus package ‘blow out’ worth it
PM Kevin Rudd needs to convince voters that the economic stimulus package did stave off recession, even with its issues of money wastage and poor service delivery, says Phillip Coorey.
NSW gets its geek on
NSW Premier Nathan Rees this morning reinforced the state’s commitment to “open government” with the apps4nsw program. It’s in stark contract to what happened in March this year.
Australia’s most unpopular political leader
Who’s most on the nose with voters? NSW Premier Nathan Rees? Victorian Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu or Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull? Possum Comitatus tells who’s winning the race to the bottom.
NSW govt Shooters itself in the foot
The Shooters Party hold the balance of power in NSW and it has just tipped it. Its political alliance with Rees’ government is shot, leaving the government dead in the water, unable to pass laws.
The magical world of John-Paul Langbroek
The Queensland opposition leader John-Paul Langbroek has had yet another week from hell.
Will the messy NSW govt cost Rudd seats?
With no NSW election until 2011, the Rudd government is concerned that voters angry at the troubled NSW state government will take out their frustration against Labor at the next federal election.
Nathan Rees’s government ‘beyond a joke’
The brazenness of Health Minister John Della Bosca’s sex scandal may have increased NSW Premier Nathan Rees’s leadership popularity for now, but it’s time to head to the polls, says Andrew Clennell.
Political snippets: A NSW premier’s first anniversary
It’s nearly Nathan Rees’ one year anniversary as NSW Premier, and the sniping continues. Plus, will Malcolm Turnbull continue to allow Tony Abbott to be an oracle about everything and everyone?
