Revolving Door Gets One More Spin

Submitted by James Purser on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 21:48

As if to prove that the Labor party is as capable of self destructive behaviour on a scale rarely seen as the Liberal party, the NSW Labor party last night threw out Nathan Rees and installed Kristine Keneally, just two weeks after Nathan Rees had requested and recieved extraordinary (for a Labor premier anyway) powers to actually select his own cabinet.

So now we have a State being ruled by its fourth Premier in as many years. It's fair to say that of the past three leaders, the people of NSW have actually managed to elect just one of them.

Sigh, at a time when people are calling out for more participatory democracy, we have a Government that seems to be determined to keep the decision making out of the hands of the voters and firmly within the hands of a small group at the top of the pile.

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Comments

Submitted by dido on Tue, 08/12/2009 - 11:00.

Very good post, thanks a lot.

Submitted by Chris Watkins on Wed, 16/12/2009 - 12:22.

I can't imagine that they'd make things worse. Maybe if they churn through enough premiers, they'll come up with one who's competent? Hopefully before we get desperate we elect the "Liberal" Party.

It's easy to despair for NSW.

I see your site is Drupal. Based on past experience, I may or may not have wasted my time writing this comment. (Fingers crossed, press save...)

Submitted by James Purser on Wed, 16/12/2009 - 13:43.

Heh, your comment survived. I do moderate to keep the spam away, so it sometimes takes a little while to get them up.