New greenhouse data shows that even with the GFC and some one-off factors holding down emissions, Australia will miss its 5% carbon reduction target by 2020.
NSW
NSW election minus 16 days
William Bowe discusses the latest happenings from the slow-motion train wreck that is the New South Wales state election campaign, including the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Liberals to make inroads in the Newcastle/Hunter region.
Queensland floods What will the QLD floods mean for healthcare?
Hopefully researchers are using the opportunity afforded by the flooding that is now devastating Queensland and parts of NSW and WA to look at what short and long-term health impacts will emerge because of the deluges, writes Melissa Sweet.
Newspoll: 55-45 to Coalition in NSW
The latest NSW Newspoll has the Coalition’s two-party lead down from 57-43 to 55-45, while Kristina Keneally’s personal ratings continue to improve: her approval rating up six to 47%, reports William Bowe.
How much CO2 makes a Manildra biofuel?
A new US biofuel standard may spell trouble for the local industry.
Why rail projects in NSW cost three times as much as they should
The gurus at Infrastructure Australia should be asking some hard questions because something seems terribly wrong with the cost of rail construction in NSW, writes Gavin Gatenby.
Einfeld I: the legal profession never spares its own
Is Marcus Einfield’s sentence just the lawyers club seeking yet again to distance themselves as far as possible from one of their own who has fallen foul of the law? asks Greg Barns.
Remembering Pasquale (Pat) Sergi
Crikey subscribers remember earlier events in the colourful Sergi family history.
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.
NSW gov plastic cup initiative putting women at risk of drink spiking?
The NSW State Government this week issued a release warning party goers of increased drink spiking incidents despite having industry advice that an introduction of plastic glasses would increase spiking incidents, reports Nick Pickard.
Rees driving NSW government into the ground
Rarely do you get the opportunity to see a government disintegrate before your eyes. In NSW, we’ve already seen one this year and now we’re watching a second, writes Alex Mitchell.
Mount Panorama prepares to get on the turps
The NSW Police Force is sending 600 officers to Mount Panorama this weekend to maintain order during the Bathurst 1000, writes Alex Mitchell.
Rudd gettin’ busy with some nation building
Kevin Rudd wants to make nation-building fashionable again and it seems like the times suit him, writes Bernard Keane.
The NSW Labor party implodes
The NSW Labor Party, long-described as the “natural party of government” in the premier state, has self-destructed under a tsunami of broken promises, scandals, incompetence and factional warfare, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW Labor: where scandal = another day at the office
The NSW ALP is not the sort of political party you’d take home to meet your mother. Alex Mitchell writes on the latest revelations of Ministerial misbehaviour.
Rees has Arts NSW staff dancing in the hallways
Arts NSW staff were practically dancing in the hallways naked yesterday with the announcement that new NSW Premier Nathan Rees had taken over the state’s arts portfolio, writes Nicholas Pickard.
Nathan Rees carries baggage from the Orkopolous scandal
Important questions remain unasnwered about Nathan Rees’ involvement in the scandal which enguldred former colleague Milton Orkopolous, writes Bernard Keane.
Union buster Iemma writes for scab Herald
NSW Premier Morris Iemma contributed a by-line article to the weeked edition of The Sydney Morning Herald while journalists were on a picket line striking to protect hundreds of jobs and quality journalism, writes Alex Mitchell.
Crook NSW coastal candidates
Nominations for the NSW local government elections closed at midday today with a major shock for voters in the Tweed Shire Council on the border between NSW and Queensland, writes Alex Mitchell.
Smith departure overshadowed by Meagher’s taxi hijinks
The departure of Alex Smith from the NSW Premier’s Department last Friday made no news whatsover. Not even a footnote, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW government in distraction mode
The constant question to be asked about the dunderhead NSW government is whether the little jokes it plays are intentionally on itself — a joke on a joke, so to speak — or just on its hapless citizens? writes Michael Pascoe.
China’s mining giant gets ready to strike it lucky in NSW
China’s biggest coalmining company, Shenhua Group Corporation Ltd, has booked itself a profitable place with the Iemma Government. It is the front-runner to take the gold medal in two contests. Alex Mitchell explains.
ALP sources confirm existence of Planet Iemma, population one
Morris Iemma is untouchable as leader of the NSW ALP, even though he is relying on the same party rules he ignored in the electricity privatisation fight, writes Alex Mitchell.
One man standing in race to replace Iemma
Of the four candidates put forward by NSW ALP general secretary Karl Bitar to succeed Premier Morris Iemma, only one is left standing – Water and Emergency Services Minister Nathan Rees. Alex Mitchell reports.
