The NSW budget has provided the embattled Rees Government with a grab-it-while-you-can lifeline.
Nathan Rees
Political snippets: Going to the polls with Iran
Will Nathan Rees follow the path set by the Daily Tele? And what does Crikey’s Election Indicator say about the Iranian Presidential election?
On Planet Rees, CityRail trains run only hourly
An outrageous attempt to set up a spin about enthusiastic public endorsement for the metro proposals.
NSW Govt to fund Underbelly 3
The NSW Government have announced they will fund the third installment of the Underbelly series, which will be based on the 1990’s Wood Royal Commission.
Linking Rees with Orkopoulos doesn’t wash
Some sections of the media are repeating highly damaging allegations that Premier Rees was involved in a Milton Orkopoulos cover-up.
Bad news for NSW ALP, especially Rees
The Sun Herald has published a Taverner poll showing the Coalition leading 54-46 in New South Wales. There’s no upside here for Leader Nathan Rees, writes William Bowe.
Rudd-Rees “civil war” is a Sydney media fiction
Post-budget Sydney media stories that Rudd is waging a “civil war” against NSW Premier Nathan Rees, and that the two are at “loggerheads”, are utter nonsense.
Rees on NBN: Gimme gimme gimme!
Rudd waves the billions, up go the hands. None more eagerly than NSW Premier Nathan Rees.
Victoria leads the way in state budgeting
Nathan Rees and Anna Blihg could learn a thing or two from Victoria about how to manage a state budget in the middle of an economic crisis.
NSW: campaigning for a new Labor
The chief topic of discourse in Macquarie Street is whether Premier Nathan Rees can repeat what Premier Anna Bligh did in Queensland in March.
NSW’s pants-down MP misses Premier’s summit
Labor MPs are increasingly ill-disciplined.
NSW government infrastructure yard sale
The NSW Labor Government has a death wish.
Green Lantern to be shot in Sydney’s Fox Studios
The next big budget Hollywood movie to be filmed in Sydney’s Fox Studios will be the long anticipated superhero flick Green Lantern.
NSW Police don’t have the ticker to tackle bikies
It’s all very well introducing the toughest laws in the Commonwealth to combat bikie gang criminality, but who’s going to enforce them? asks Alex Mitchell.
Rees 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.
Premier Rees’ latest recruits offer new hope
The cavalry has arrived to provide some relief for the besieged Nathan Rees Government in the form of Graham Wedderburn and Bob Leece, writes Alex Mitchell.
Cheer squad excited by Sartor’s extreme makeover
The morphing of former NSW Planning Minister Frank Sartor from the best mate of the developers to the hero of environmental activists is in full swing, writes Alex Mitchell.
‘Max the axe’ to sort O’Farrell’s infrastructure
Macquarie Bank has spread its tentacles even closer to the heart of NSW, writes Glenn Dyer.
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.
NSW Planning Minister Keneally romperstomps
NSW Planning Minister Kristina Keneally has trampled over community objections in two major development approvals this week , writes Alex Mitchell.
Can Graeme Wedderburn save NSW Labor?
The NSW Labor Government is in such dire straits that no single individual can save it, writes Alex Mitchell.
Unskilled and over-educated: a plan for worse outcomes
Forcing students who gain no benefit from additional formal education through extra years of schooling or training is pointless, writes Jeremy Sammut.
The Terrigals’ reign of NSW bastardry is over
The NSW ALP right-wing faction known as the “Terrigals” is dead, writes Alex Mitchell.
Former NSW Police Commissioner back on the beat
Just when you thought the NSW Police headquarters was a Ken Moroney-free zone, the former police commissioner is back, reports Alex Mitchell.
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.
