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.
In a just, fair and civilized society, Gillian Sneddon would be celebrated as a role model. Instead, she’s been given the sack, writes Alex Mitchell.
The modus operandi of the NSW Labor Government is now well established: when in trouble, create a diversion; when in dire trouble create a front-page fantasy, writes Alex Mitchell.
On the 20th anniversary of Nick Griener's 1988 election victory, Barry O’Farrell has three years until the next state election to fashion a defining image of what he stands for, writes Alex Mitchell.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma and Treasurer Michael Costa are pressing ahead with their plan to privatise the state’s power industry, writes Alex Mitchell.
When the Joe Hockey-for-Premier story broke last weekend, the federal Liberal MP's spokesman Trent Zimmerman was thrust into the spotlight. Who is Zimmerman? Alex Mitchell writes.
Four Corners is preparing a major investigation of the political donations scandal, concentrating on the NSW pub industry and the extraordinary ramifications of the cash for development rort on Wollongong City Council, reports Alex Mitchell.
The first victim of the Iemma Government’s push for power privatisation appears to be Jeff Angel, director of the Total Environment Centre, writes Alex Mitchell.
Joe Hockey has inflicted a damaging broadside on NSW Coalition leader Barry O’Farrell, reports Alex Mitchell.
The Australian Hotels Association (NSW) is undergoing a seismic changing of the guard, writes Alex Mitchell.
Meet the new tzar of Wollongong, Dr Col Gellatly, and his tzarina, Dr Gabrielle Kibble, who have been appointed as administrators by Premier Morris Iemma to reorganize the city of Wollongong, writes Alex Mitchell.
