Kristina Keneally may be the popular new school captain, but Labor’s vote is still as low as ever. If NSW had an election last weekend, Barry O’Farrell would now be Premier of NSW, explains Antony Green.
NSW ALP
Antony Green: The NSW Libs can win in 2011
NSW ALP has become the notorious, messy state government. But can the Coalition win in 2011? Well, says Anthony Green, the Coalition can win as long as it gets votes in the right seats.
Megalogenis: More people equals more money
Think that the best thing for society is to strictly control immigration? Well NSW has been doing it for a decade, and its economy slowed dramatically and its population fled to Victoria and Queensland, writes George Megalogenis.
Galaxy: NSW loves Keneally — but not enough to vote for her
The latest NSW Galaxy poll has Premier Kristina Keneally’s approval rating up eight points to 53%, but the Coalition is still dominating the ALP in the two-party preferred vote 57-43, reports William Bowe.
Antony Green: NSW ALP’s defeat: T-minus 365 days and counting
One year from Friday, the NSW Labor Party is almost certainly headed for electoral slaughter — and they know it. Antony Green begins the countdown to the 2011 NSW election.
The day Lady Gaga made it into Australian parliament
Last week, NSW Labor MP Greg Donnelly remarked that singers like Beyonce and Lady Gaga are encouraging sexual violence against women with their raunchy attitudes. Um, that’s not quite how rape occurs, writes lauredhel.
Milne: Gillard holds Rudd’s power in her hands
Expect NSW to be the major battleground for Kevin Rudd in the federal election, with internal rumblings weakening Rudd’s power. Julia Gillard brought NSW support to Rudd and she can take it away just as easily, writes Glenn Milne.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Rudd & Abbott should be more like Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Crikey readers weigh in on the visit from Indonesia’s president, clarifying yesterday’s tips about the NSW public service changes and the attempt by journos to discredit Mike Rann.
Balmain, the birthplace of Labor, taking on a decidedly Green tinge
The knives are starting to appear in the Balmain electorate. If the polls are right, the suburb that gave birth to the Australian Labor Party in 1891 could fall to the Greens in 2011 — a stark symbol of the depth of the voters’ anger with the state government.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Housing market a sleeper issue for Gen Y
Crikey readers weigh in on ASIO, the horrors of the housing market and housing affordability and the NSW ALP.
Kristina Keneally: the new kid’s popular
The NSW state Newspoll has primaries running 44/30 to the Coalition, up four for the ALP. NSW voters still want to kick the ALP at next election, but it seems Kristina Keneally might be convincing them to wear ugg boots, so it wont hurt so much.
The mysterious case of the disappearing Sydney Airport road
NSW Premier Kristina Keneally didn’t just kill the metro, she’s also a person of interest in the case of the disappearing road map for an M5 East duplication and extension that cuts right through her electorate, writes Ben Sandilands.
Another branch down in Robertson as Neal sent sprawling
Beleaguered Robertson ALP backbencher Belinda Neal’s prospects of rising from political purgatory to triumph in a local preselection ballot have suffered another setback after three staffers were ruled ineligible to vote in the March 6 poll.
Possum: Don’t believe everything you read about Nielsen and NSW
Much is being made of the news from today’s Nielsen poll that NSW voters are supporting the Coalition over Labor by 45-39. But be careful of reading too much into such a small sample size, warns Possum Comitatus.
“Not Labor” is not a campaign slogan
NSW Labor may be a disappointing mess, but Liberal leader Barry O’Farrell needs an image makeover, alternative policies and some serious balls if he’s going to prove himself as a worthy leadership alternative, writes Malcolm Colless.
Galaxy: 56-44 to Coalition in NSW
The first major poll in NSW since Kristina Keneally became Premier finds Labor in familiar dire straits, trailing the 56-44 in the two-party preferred vote. William Bowe has all the numbers.
Give the power back to the people of NSW
It’s not fair or warranted to sack the NSW government or call an early election. But we should introduce US style primaries so that voters get a bigger say in their political candidates, writes Barry Cohen.
Brand Kristina: Fluro vests and some sweet apple pie charm
It may be 15 months before the battered NSW electorate heads to the polls, but Premier Kristina Keneally has already begun her campaign, armed in a fluro vest and hard hat. Stop patronising voters, warns Adam Walters.
States of play: who are the most popular pollies?
A different way to look at how the various political leaders of our country are travelling is to contrast their net satisfaction or approval levels against their two party preferred vote share. Possum Comitatus crunches the numbers.
Give fixed four-year terms (and the NSW ALP) the flick
Fixed four-year political terms should be booted. Scandal fatigue and political disengagement has set in for NSW voters and it’s time for a recall election, writes NSW Nationals leader Andrew Stoner.
Controller Rudd must halt the NSW runaway train
The NSW ALP government is in such a shambles that it risks damaging Kevin Rudd’s chances next year. It’s now time for Rudd to intervene and stop the NSW ALP from destroying itself, says Nick Dyrenfurth.
Political snippets: Bad Newspoll bears bad news for NSW Libs
We have to go back more than 100 years to find the last time that the Labor Party in New South Wales polled less than 30% of the primary vote, right back when the part was in its infancy.
NSW heading for a smashing
Today’s Newspoll brings particularly dismal poll results for NSW Labor, even by their usual lowly standards, while only 24% of voters think Christine Kenneally will make a better Premier than Rees. Possum Comitatus graphs the carnage.
