1. The road to state politics -- 2. The quaint notion of good government -- 3. How the unions, the party machine and the Caucus lost the plot -- 4. The temporary premiers -- 5. Treasury's waiting room -- 6. Politics and political interference in the harbour foreshores -- 7. Deciding developments in the public interest -- 8. Political donations or political poison -- 9. Making sense of the planning jungle -- 10. Transport - our greatest challenge unmet -- 11. 'The Transaction' and its many consequences -- 12. High electricity prices and the Solar Bonus Scheme -- 13. The 'Greening' of NSW - an advantage lost -- 14. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story -- 15. Why NSW Labor lost so badly -- 16. The need for real reform
Summary
This is an honest appraisal of the systemic and specific failings of sixteen years of successive Labor governments but goes further to provide a valuable insight into the changing political landscape in Australia. Based on more than just intuitive reasoning, but on well-articulated case studies showing how key issues have been mismanaged
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-359) and index
Notes
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