NSW Government

Iemma jacks up electricity price ahead of planned privatisation of NSW power industry and pensioners shiver

North Coast Voices - June 23, 2008 - 1:12am

NSW North Coast low-income earners, retirees and pensioners can expect their household electricity bills to rise by between $31 and $90 a year on average depending on which power company supplies the house. Read more »

Iguanagate - what’s really going on?

Larvatus Prodeo - June 14, 2008 - 2:13pm

If you’d been watching George Brandis and Prue Goward on Q&A on Thursday night or Christopher Pyne on Lateline last night, you might have formed the impression that Belinda Neal’s alleged dust up with restaurant staff was Watergate or something. High crimes and misdemeanours, corruption, abuse of power, blah blah. Read more »

Annoyed!

Larvatus Prodeo - July 2, 2008 - 1:15am

benedict-papal-mass.jpgTo be fair to Morris Iemma and his bunch of clowns masquerading as a government, New South Wales isn’t alone in imposing risible and over the top security regulations for major “public events”. We’ve seen similar things in finance talkfests with Melbourne and CHOGM in Queensland saw Peter Beattie invent preventive detention for “known public nuisances”, as well as going to ludicrous lengths to prevent protest. Read more »

Fight for the right of your community to have a say in local development - go to www.keepitlocal.org.au and have your say

North Coast Voices - June 16, 2008 - 3:48am
It's time to step up and support the push for a NSW Upper House inquiry into Frank Sartor's draconian, pro-developer changes to the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.

Go to www.keepitlocal.org.au and follow the links to its email page.

To make it easy the Local Government and Shires Association has produced a template email letter.

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The need for a

Power couple politics NSW style and the alleged disciplinary double standard

Larvatus Prodeo - June 12, 2008 - 3:45pm

Well, hasn’t it been a busy week or so for NSW Minister John Della Bosca and his wife, Federal backbencher MP Belinda Neal?

Of course, for the last few days we’ve only been hearing about her, despite Della Bosca’s documented history of multiple traffic offences leading to a revoked driving license and allegations that he was part of the alleged drunken and abusive behaviour in a Central Coast nightclub last weekend. Read more »