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When Unelected Factions become Puppeteers of Government - Ch 5
When Unelected Factions become Puppeteers of Government - Ch 4
Chapter 4: Carr’s ‘regeneration’ sowed factional vengeance
4.1 Carr’s leadership ethos
When Unelected Factions become Puppeteers of Government - Ch 3
Chapter 3: Carr’s policy pendulum had reached its apex
When unelected factions become puppeteers of government - Ch 2
CHAPTER 2: Carr’s Departure out-manoeuvred the Faction
The rise to effective control of NSW Labor, by its then Centre Unity faction, emanated from the days of uncertainty and a power vacuum created when Premier Bob Carr suddenly quit mid-way through a stable NSW Labor’s third consecutive term in office. A political vacuum is a dangerous situation, one just shy of relative anarchy, and a magnet for Machiavellians; a vulnerable time for governance.
When unelected factions become puppeteers of government - Ch 1
"Should I not be Premier by the end of this day, let there be no doubt in the community's mind, no doubt, that any challenger will be a puppet of Eddie Obeid and Joe Tripodi." ...and with those prophetic words on 3rd December 2009, the next day New South Wales’ second puppet premier Nathan Rees bowed from the public limelight.
Bob Carr's words belied by his record as Premier of NSW
This article was first posted as a comment to an article by Tim Murray, but I decide to turn it into my own blog entry after it was pointed out that the size of this comment caused Tim's article to be dwarfed.
How decades of privatisation has impoverished NSW
A short article in the The Australian Financial Review of 24 September 2008 leaves the reader wondering what exactly was the point of NSW's extensive program of privatisations going back to the 1980's.
The article, "Bits and pieces won't fetch $1 billion" by Tracey Ong purports to show what options are available to the NSW government in its planned mini-budget to cover the claimed $1 billion-plus shortfall in its budget.
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