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.
When Labor supporters and developers gave election campaign donations to NSW Planning Minister Frank Sartor, little did they know that some of their money would finish up in the State’s most northerly seat, Tweed, writes Alex Mitchell.
China's state-owned Shenhua Group is the frontrunner to acquire key sectors of the NSW electricity industry, writes Alex Mitchell.
The NSW steel city of Wollongong is capturing the nation’s headlines after a long spell of media deprivation. This time it’s because of an hilarious investigation into corruption at Wollongong City Council, writes Alex Mitchell.
The NSW premier's tough power privatisation line risks tearing his party apart, writes Alex Mitchell.
With NSW Premier Morris Iemma ensnared in a crop of crippling scandals, the chronically underfunded, understaffed and dysfunctional NSW Department of Community Services is undergoing a changing of the guard, writes Alex Mitchell.
After 16 months on the backbench, Lawrence Springborg is back in charge of the Queensland Nats and his merger crusade seems unstoppable, writes Alex Mitchell.
The blowtorch to the belly of the Iemma Government over its plans to privatise the NSW power industry has become a whole lot more menacing, writes Alex Mitchell.
Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has ordered the preparation of a White Paper on Australia’s defence, but will he select serious professionals who can give an objective and dollar-sensitive critique? asks Alex Mitchell.
Federal Liberal Party director Brian Loughnane and shadow cabinet minister Tony Abbott were spotted at one of Canberra's premier eateries last night, writes Alex Mitchell.
The spectacular MFS Limited implosion has scored a direct hit on the corporate reputation of its independent chairman Andrew Peacock and its senior executives, writes Alex Mitchell.
