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.
Kevin Rudd takes Belinda Neal to task, while Morris Iemma defends John Della Bosca. As much as anything else, it’s a contrast in political cultures, writes
When the NSW parliament resumes, Upper House president Peter Primrose will rule on whether a committee of inquiry should be established, writes Alex Mitchell.
In any normally functioning administration, the political career of NSW Minister for Education, Industrial Relations and the Central Coast John Della Bosca would now be cactus, writes Alex Mitchell.
The NSW Parliament sat until after 2am to ramrod Sartor's Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Bill through the lower house, writes Alex Mitchell.
Justice James Allsop is a controversial choice for president of the NSW Court of Appeal, writes Alex Mitchell.
The past week's attack on photographer Bill Henson has featured a cynical alliance of three potent forces, writes Alex Mitchell.
Federal leader Dr Brendan Nelson and state leader Barry O’Farrell have apparently decided to live with the factions that keep the party divided and therefore unelectable. Weak, writes Alex Mitchell.
Today’s commercial radio talkback was crackling with the “good news” that Camden had been “saved. anything but, writes Alex Mitchell.
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore, who doubles as the Independent MP for Sydney, has executed an awesome backflip ... with pike, writes Alex Mitchell.
"Dear NSW business, How'd you like to pony up $550 a head to prop up our anti-privatisation push? Love, Morris & crew." Or, maybe that's not how NSW Labor is promoting its upcoming VIP fundraiser, writes Alex Mitchell.
