tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post1168871429812352344..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-28427491852396734662009-11-25T18:42:46.247+11:002009-11-25T18:42:46.247+11:00Basic decency should be just that, Baraholka - bas...Basic decency should be just that, Baraholka - basic. A Liberal government will closer the door to Tripodi so I expect you'll go right off then.<br /><br />Carr mentored Tripodi in Young Labor and made him a minister. That's pretty active support I reckon.<br /><br />As to Rees - the whole problem is that he's a big man in the Labor back rooms but the rest of us can't see the appeal. Policy is too hard so he's retreated to what for him is solid ground. Protecting Rees' tenure as Premier is not a big priority for me or anyone else in NSW outside the ALP.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-70020341163386587132009-11-24T22:51:09.781+11:002009-11-24T22:51:09.781+11:00Andrew,
I praise Rees for kicking Tripodi out of ...Andrew,<br /><br />I praise Rees for kicking Tripodi out of Cabinet and in fact from sacking Tripodi as de-facto Premier. For this Rees deserves mounuments erected in his honour if not the creation of a NSW Public Holiday for services to basic decency.<br /><br />Rees has also taken on the NSW factions head on which is an act of considerable guts. <br /><br />For these things alone Rees ranks well above useless and I don't think he can be fairly called self-negating either as the de-Tripodization of Cabinet is also designed to protect Rees's tenure as Premier.<br /><br />Are you saying Carr actively mentored Tripodi or just turned a blind eye to him ?Baraholkanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-45744950140330224002009-11-16T19:10:04.642+11:002009-11-16T19:10:04.642+11:00Baraholka, I don't know how you can ask "...Baraholka, I don't know how you can ask "How did it come to this" and then praise the useless, self-negating Rees. <br /><br />Tripodi and Carr got into and stayed in office because of Liberal failures. Carr mentored Tripodi, amongst other acts of timidity and neglect. <br /><br />Arbib went to Federal politics once he realised the magnitude of the disaster that he had helped bring about, but was not strong enough to change. Rudd offered him a wider stage but he does not appear to have returned the favour by being an effective minister. As I've said, NSW will be a disaster for Labor and I think this will blow back on Arbib to some extent.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-79292598499734069772009-11-15T20:28:40.216+11:002009-11-15T20:28:40.216+11:00Hi Andrew,
I am a fan of your blog and appreciate...Hi Andrew,<br /><br />I am a fan of your blog and appreciate your knowledgeable comments about NSW and Oz Politics.<br /><br />In regard to the gluttonous coterie of nest-feathers not even pretending to be the NSW Govt. I was wondering if you could help answer the question: "How did it come to this ?"<br /><br />In detail, how did Tripodi get to run NSW ? Where and how were the alliances made ?<br /><br />What was Bob Carr's role in the development of this festering mess ?<br /><br />How closely is/was Mark Arbib involved ? Why did he move to Federal Politics ?<br /><br />What can we expect from a Rudd govt. with Arbib in the background keeping the bodies buried ?<br /><br /><a href="http://indifferencegivesyouafright.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/debnams-moral-hazzard" rel="nofollow">Here's my latest post on NSW Inc. </a>, now hopefully in the process of being dismantled by Nathan Rees. More power to him.<br /><br />All The Best,<br /><br />BaraholkaBaraholkahttp://indifferencegivesyouafright.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com