Alex Mitchell
NSW politics correspondent
Alex Mitchell is a former state political editor and columnist for Sydney’s Sun-Herald, and arrived at Crikey after a long career in the Canberra press gallery and overseas.
By first going to the upper house, Iemma is testing the water, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma is demanding that Opposition leader Barry O’Farrell support his (Iemma’s) incompetently managed firesale of the State’s power industry, writes Alex Mitchell
The recent recruitment of ex-Channel Niners and placing them at the heart of the Iemma Government’s media offensive is off to an inglorious start, writes Alex Mitchell.
In opening up the rich agricultural land to coalmining, Macdonald has fulfilled his role as mines minister but betrayed farmers who come under his primary industries portfolio, writes Alex Mitchell.
In the next few days, the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions QC will announce what charges will, or won't, be laid, writes Alex Mitchell.
The NSW "hard left" caucus has dumped Ian Macdonald, writes Alex Mitchell
The Sydney Morning Herald has lost its bid to use Freedom of Information to access and publish an internal Sydney University report, writes Alex Mitchell
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.
The departure of Alex Smith from the NSW Premier's Department last Friday made no news whatsover. Not even a footnote, writes Alex Mitchell.
In order to construct a wedge, you need to have the government in support of the proposal and the Opposition causing maximum embarrassment by upping the ante. Try telling Glen Milne that, writes Alex Mitchell.
