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 future election campaigns, we will look back on yesterday's $4 billion bribe to pensioners and wonder at how small it was, writes David MacCormack.
NSW Planning Minister Frank Sartor addressed the annual Local Government Association conference in Coffs Harbour yesterday in what is likely to be his swansong, writes Alex Mitchell.
Quite how you encourage people to reduce their carbon emissions when you're subsidising their power usage isn't clear. It's like subsidising a smoker's cigarette costs because of all the taxes you've imposed on tobacco, writes David MacCormack.
Ouch. You know Kevin Rudd must have flogged John Howard last night when even The Australian scored it a narrow victory to the Labor leader, writes David MacCormack.
Crikey can exclusively reveal that the secretive Christian sect, the Exclusive Brethren, has gone to great lengths to obtain parliamentary lobbying status for two of its leading Sydney members, writes Alex Mitchell.
As each drip of data suggests an economy under inflationary pressure, John Howard and Peter Costello will be hoping an economic version of Stockholm Syndrome keeps voters faithful to them, writes David MacCormack.
After weeks to prepare, the Prime Minister's performance at his election news conference was inexplicably poor. In his response, Rudd started poorly, too - stiff and stilted, writes David MacCormack.
The use of the term "genocide" has become a political and cultural weapon – and one of rapidly decreasing value, writes David MacCormack.
While there are many private security companies working in Iraq, they evidently all have the same public affairs consultant advising them on how to shape media coverage when they kill Iraqi civilians, writes David MacCormack.
The Federal Government's expected announcement today of funding to upgrade the Pacific Highway is a massive handout to two of Australia's most lavishly rewarded interest groups – regional communities and the trucking industry. But, no one will be caught dead criticising it, writes David MacCormack.
