The NSW arts community is bracing for a grim future after both major political parties reneged on promises to release detailed arts policies during the state election campaign.
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Essential: NSW getting worse for Labor, is Robertson gone?
NSW voters are waiting for Labor with something a lot bigger than a baseball bat, according to Essential’s final poll. The party is set for a truly shocking performance in Sydney, where it is on just 20% primary vote.
NSW election: Eddie’s everywhere until Robertson lands softly
Before he retires, NSW Labor “puppetmaster” Eddie Obeid has one more string to pull — he needs to ensure a soft landing for leader-in-waiting John Robertson, writes freelance journalist Candace Sutton.
So long, good riddance: the dubious legacy of NSW ministers
When the moon spins into its last quarter on March 26, members of the NSW Cabinet will say goodbye to taxpayers — and to the pretty sight of their ministerial offices and parliamentary bonuses we fund.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Four years is not too long for a government
Crikey readers have their say.
A People’s Parliament or a News Ltd experiment?
Political participation experts fear the Sydney Daily Telegraph’s much-hyped takeover of state parliament will be a media stunt rather than the “revolutionary new force in Australian democracy” promised by the paper.
Rhiannon: the hidden millions in political donations
Comparing the AEC data for NSW with the disclosures to the NSW Election Funding Authority (EFA) reveals some interesting trends in political donating and underlines the need for far reaching political funding reform, writes Lee Rhiannon, a Greens NSW Senator-elect.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours
The zoo on the auction block? Apparently the NSW government is thinking of selling off Dubbo’s Western Plains Zoo to a theme park operator! They tried — and failed — to do a similar thing down in Victoria with Werribee Zoo, with the full backing of that state government, before the public became aware of it and voiced their collective […]
Political snippets: NSW Labor … it just gets worse
Just when you might have thought, with the holidays looming, that things could not get worse with the New South Wales government, along comes a decision to try and muzzle a Legislative Council committee enquiring into the circumstances of the late-night signing of agreements to raise billions from electricity assets.
Media briefs: Laboring over Vic loss … editing the NT News
Surely, entrusting an unqualified novice with the institution that is the NT News — home of headlines such as “Man Bashed By Prawn” and “Garden Gnomes Busted For Drugs” — was a dangerous move? Plus, rats in the NSW Labor ranks and other media snippets of the day.
Not so apocalyptic now — TRUenergy changes its tune
The winner of the NSW government’s electricity fire sale is TRUenergy, the Chinese-owned outfit who claimed the mere threat of an ETS would destroy their balance sheet.
Political snippets: Nobody likes NSW Labor
The New South Wales state Labor Government is now being ranked by the pollsters as the most unpopular in polling history.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: NSW Labor … Zombieland or Animal Kingdom?
Crikey readers weigh in on the NSW Labor government. Is it a zombie corpse and is there a rabid media pack swarming behind it, feasting on it?
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.
NSW ALP rank-and-file told to commit political suicide
On Thursday last week, the NSW Left voted against one of its defining tenets, namely the support of rank-and-file preselections, writes Prue Believer.
McGurk’s body takes on political smell
Last weekend in Balmain we had a whole new scandal to discuss — Michael McGurk and any links to the ALP. Although the standover man and his cohorts are not locals, the aftershocks from his shooting quickly spread.
Askin era in NSW wasn’t only about corruption
It is fraudulent of the NSW Labor Party to insist repeatedly that the late NSW Premier Sir Robert Askin led a government that did nothing more than shuffle brown paper bags full of SP money.
Newspoll: 53-47 to Coalition in NSW
The latest bi-monthly NSW state Newspoll shows the Labor government continuing to narrow the gap after the post-mini-budget blowout.
Minister Joe Tripodi and top bureaucrat at 10 paces
The political dysfunction at the centre of the NSW Government now involves a stand-off between the Infrastucture Minister Joe Tripodi and the Infrastructure Coordinator-General Bob Leece.
Call to modernise NSW ALP grows desperate
The bureaucracy in Sussex Street, by its very nature, is impervious to change.
Tips and rumours: A new logo for NSW?
Is there a better way to bust a recession that pay a design team squillions to come up with a new logo?
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.
Queensland gives hope to the hopeless
The ALP has won a lot of elections in the last decade, but few of them have confounded expectations as much as Saturday’s victory in Queensland, writes Charles Richardson.
