Labor opposes the privatisation of NSW's poles and wires, but without that sale it also wouldn't be able to deliver any of the infrastructure spending promised by the Liberals.
Mike Baird has been making infrastructure promises by the truckfull to the voters of NSW -- with some rather sinister-sounding consequences thrown in if they happen to vote Labor.
Perhaps a politician does not have to be likable to be electable. The NSW and Queensland opposition leaders will sure sleep easier if Daniel Andrews blazes a trail for the dull and uncharming.
As the NSW state election draws near, debate on coal seam gas exploration has politicians panicking, NSW political correspondent Alex Mitchell writes.
Margaret Cunneen will try one last time to prevent ICAC from investigating an allegation of "perversion of justice". But with politicians sick of ICAC's so-called "over-reach", ICAC itself could be next in the firing line.
Bob Carr's not the first politician to change his stance on Israel, but his previously warm relationship with the country makes his decision more notable.
Virulent protesters outside abortion clinics around Australia are only part of the violation of women's rights perpetuated by anti-abortion laws, writes Caroline de Costa, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at James Cook University.
Why did Mike Baird bury the announcement of a signature re-election policy plan amid the hubbub of the Melbourne Cup? Perhaps because it's barely a plan at all.
Celebrated prosecutor Margaret Cunneen's crusade against child sex offenders could come to an end as ICAC demands explanations to allegations she perverted the course of justice.
Victorian Planning Minister Matthew Guy is indeed the most transparent in the state's history. And he also has a distinct fondness for skyscrapers.
