MP Richard Amery, the last of the factional overlords in NSW state parliament, will retire in March next year.
In the wake of highly damaging ICAC revelations, a number of high-profile Liberal scalps have been claimed and Labor is poised to re-take seats lost in the 2011 election, writes NSW political correspondent Alex Mitchell.
Changes to the NSW Bail Act announced yesterday show a government embracing bad law in the context of bad governance, writes solicitor Hannah Quadrio.
ICAC's focus turns to Newcastle, with disgraced former billionaire Nathan Tinkler rating more than a mere mention.
The theatre of NSW public life reopens this week with state parliament resuming tomorrow and ICAC on Wednesday.
There were drinks all round and plenty of "toldjasos" at the launch of He Who Must Be Obeid.
Senator John Faulkner's proposed reform for state conference to surrender upper house voting power to the party membership does not look promising.
Access to housing is a key issue in welfare reform that has been missed by the McClure report
There were no surprises in the budget, with the state government forced to do the heavy lifting in the wake of the federal budget.
A stretch of parkland south-east of Sydney has become a federal political hot potato, with an incoming senator promising to block the budget unless it is given to the rifle club. Crikey writers Paddy Manning and Melanie Garrick report.
