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HYPOCRITE: Nathan Rees was willing to live by the sword but whines when he could die by it
Malcolm Turnbull tried it. And now it’s the discredited Premier of NSW Nathan Rees giving it a good go. Their secret sauce:
Win over the latte sippers as best you can. Then adopt a disloyal “scorched Earth” strategy to attempt to make a true victory for your opponents impossible.
Hypocrite lefty Nathan Rees was installed by NSW Labor Right numbers-men Eddie Obeid and Joe Tripodi.
They dumped Morris Iemma because he was championing long overdue state government asset sales. It was clearly in retrospect a grave error in judgment. Iemma was certainly struggling in the polls and struggling to maintain internal discipline but he was a vastly better Premier than the man who replaced him.
Today – desperate to hang on to his chauffeured limousine and big office – the same Nathan Rees says he “would not hand the government of New South Wales to Obeid, Tripodi or Sartor.”
But presumably that’s exactly what he did by being their candidate in the first place. Until he ratted on them.
Adding insult to injury are reports that various senior Left faction operatives had loudly claimed their faction had taken over the NSW government by reason of their ability to dispense with Right faction ministers at will.
It was inevitable from that point on that the normal rigours of accountability would be applied to the Rees premiership. He’s failed on any basic measure of performance. Failed to lift the government in the polls and failed to inspire a sense of teamwork and espirt de corps in his colleagues.
He’s been singing to the Press Gallery and the inner-city. They all expected the public would be so very impressed by him dumping Tripodi. There was no “bounce” in the polls, knifing the man who put him in the job had no effect other than provoking even more contempt from his party colleagues.
The numbers are probably there to remove Rees, not because Eddie Obeid or Joe Tripodi are by some miraculous process able to control the minds of adult, free-thinking Labor moderates in the NSW state caucus but because he’s let them down.
His has been an administration by gimmick. He’s purported to ban donations from developers, despite it being perfectly clear that the proposed law would not be legally effective.
His Left faction has attempted to make the most of Rees’s premiership by taking seats from the Right.
Pride precedes the fall, the Good book tells us, and Rees’s departure cannot come too soon.
If he continues on, it will be because the NSW MPs have been successfully bullied by a desperate man who stands for nothing but disloyalty and ineffective gimmicks.
We could hardly imagine anyone else doing worse.
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Unfortunately, the situation isn’t a simple Left v Right matter. It goes far deeper.
NSW Labor is infected with a corrupt influence which Rees referred to, in fact he named them in his press conference. Until NSW Labor can cut out the disease, it is bound for electoral doom.
Rees has shown leadership and real backbone. Sure, he did have Tripodi and Obeid behind him when Iemma went, but to call Rees a hypocrit for wanting to clean up and save a government that is paralysed with infighting, secret deals and people more focused on their own Ministerial salary than the community of NSW is a gross inaccuracy.
Rees is a decent, honest person and if he does not prevail in the meeting today, Labor in NSW is finished for at least a decade.
Can they find someone who can unite the party and also govern effectively?
Appears to be difficult as they have had too many failures.
If any of that bad bunch had any integrity whatsoever they would pass a vote of no confidence in themselves and have an election called.
Of course, the absence of even a scintilla of integrity precludes this happening. The voters will cast their judgement in time, but not soon enough.
Maybe they should talk to Turnbull he has a soft spot for the left
Quite so Clingwrap,Milton Orkopoulos always spoke well of him when he was Milt’s Chief of Staff.
Paul Gibson – Blacktown MP
Nick Lalich – Cabramatta MP
Lylea McMahon – Shellharbour MP
Noreen Hay – Wollongong MP
Eddie Obeid – upper house member
John Della Bosca – upper house member
Joe Tripodi – Fairfield MP
Matt Brown – Kiama MP
Grant McBride – The Entrance MP
Cherie Burton – Kogarah MP
Ninos Khoshaba – Smithfield MP
Robert Furolo – Lakemba MP
Frank Terenzini – Maitland MP
Richard Amery – Mt Druitt MP
Tony Stewart – Bankstown MP
Tanya Gadiel – Parramatta MP
Di Beamer – Mulgoa MP
The Yankees are comin’
Luke Foley threatening that Rees will call an early election to punish the caucus…
Cranky Franky has been bought off with a return to senior ministry, the premier is going to be female and she’ll still have more balls than Rees
Not true, it will be Frank.
Sheik Obeid and Cranky have kissed and made up, watch out Rees, your time to bend over the sink is now.
Backstabbers never prosper Nathaniel
Ladies and gentlemen,
Fifteen months ago, I was called upon by my party to take the leadership in difficult circumstances.
I did so knowing that my experience in public life was limited and that I did not hail from the factional group that had traditionally supplied leaders of the state parliamentary Labor Party.
But I accepted the call to serve and was elected to the leadership without dissent.
Others had the chance to stand.
But no one did.
As a result, I was chosen by my party, at that time unanimously.
Since that time I have given my all for the people of NSW.
Working for their needs and aspirations has been my sole intention.
And it has guided my every action.
And over the past 15 months, we have secured some great achievements for the families of NSW:
- The best on-time rail running in a decade.
- The nation’s best literacy and numeracy results.
- 6000 public sector apprenticeships and traineeships.
- A training guarantee for all 17 year olds.
- The nation’s most generous solar rebate scheme.
- And sweeping reform of our FOI laws.
And before recent events intervened I was intending today to launch the Government’s transport blueprint, a fully-funded $180 billion plan for Sydney’s and NSW’s transport needs for the next 30 years.
But instead of talking policy, here we are talking leadership once again.
And I say this, that the time for talking is over.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Throughout the past 15 months, my ability to do good has been impaired at every turn.
A malign and disloyal group well known to the NSW community has made the business of government almost impossible.
The presence of such a group within the nation’s oldest and proudest political party is intolerable.
Their treachery and disloyalty can be borne no longer.
For that reason, I embarked three weeks ago on a campaign to clean up NSW politics and break the hold of these malignant forces on the public life of our state.
In that effort, I received the unanimous support of the NSW Labor Party conference and its senior officials as well as the endorsement of four Labor premier predecessors.
In response to my actions, I have received a torrent of emails and letters and personal greetings from the people of NSW each reaffirming the rightness of my decisions.
Those people can rest assured:
I will not waver.
And I will not falter.
Let this be made abundantly clear:
I am determined to clean up politics in NSW.
I am determined to restore integrity to government in NSW.
More than that.
I swore an oath of loyalty to the people of NSW, an oath of loyalty and an oath of service.
And I say to them today:
I will not hand the government of NSW over to Obeid, Tripodi or Sartor.
Under my leadership, there will be no going back.
The old regime will never again dictate the fortunes of our party, nor will they regain the levers of control.
I will lead one sort of government and one sort of government only: a government that is modern, ethical and progressive, a government in which the people of NSW can have confidence, trust and respect.
Those are my standards and those are my beliefs.
They are my standards. They are my beliefs. I will settle for nothing less.
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.
That is the reality.
That is the choice at stake today.
The decision now lies in the hands of my caucus colleagues.
Thank you.
Frank will win Rught caucus and then Rees is dead.
But if Joe T doesn’t get his way I heard he might support Rees over Sartor… Or is the hatred too strong?
Also Joe T won’t be coming back to ministry… It’s all over for that, this is just drive-by shooting Leb gangster politics
That filthy dirty immoral lowlife philanderer John Della Bosca is the route of all evil in the NSW ALP.
gee i wish NSW Labor wasn’t part of Labor
Christ Labor are idiots! Do they want to lose the 2011 State election? Frank “Developers’ Mate” Sartor is like waving a red rag at a bull in terms of NSW constituents! Bring on the change of government!
if frank becomes premier i will come out
Why do I get the feeling that choosing the NSW Premier is like a sushi train just before closing – all the good picks long gone?
Suck on that leftards
Wonder what ministries Obeid and Tripodi will get?
NSW will now have its first graduate in feminist theology for Premier. Well done
The Labor tradition of handing the reins to women when all else is lost continues.
A premature adjudication?
Kirner wasn’t selected when all was lost. She came in when Labor was only slightly behind.
She performed well for a short period and it looked as though she would win an election, and then came disaster after disaster and an election rout.
Surely there will never be anyone as bad again!
NSW Labor really should hold meetings at The Gap
Tiger Woods is the new NSW Premier. He might as well screw NSW too, says his wife.
Keneally responded to the accusations by stating: “He (Nathan Rees) has my support (as Premier)” and it was reported that she insisted she would never be Premier of New South Wales…
Next it’s you Brumby!!
47:21
Bye bye Rees/Orkopolous
The Empire Strikes Back
Glad to see NSW Labor is being returned to the traditional owners: property developers
So when is Keneally getting rolled?
So I suppose it’s fair to say knifing Joe Tripodi might not have been such a good idea…
Like Lawrence and Kirner, Keneally gets to be Premier only when useless men have made defeat certain.
Its done. rees gone. Kristina the new Premier.
Carmel Tebbutt stays as deputy
Cranky Franky will be back
This is soooooooo funny they have elected a loose morals yank; Milk Maid Keneally I so can’t wait until the next election.
Musical chairs on the Titanic.
Done. Done. Kristina better than Rees.
That was then – this is now!!
The NSW Right once strong, intelligent and proud.
Now corrupt, immoral and stupid.
Great another Labor loser.
She’s hot…
why doesnt NSW Labor elect Tripodi and be done with it… everyone knows hes running the place… how he does it I dont know…but its evil what this mans capable of… even Rudd stands back.
I wish my job gave me 15 months notice! You can cock up a lot of things in 15 months. What you can’t do is “develop the nations best PT system and the nation’s best hospitals”.
Seems a nice enough person but will no doubt do a “Kirner” at the polls and in political life.
Not the most confident start at the press conference
Congratulations to my soulmate Kris
I know everyone has said it but the obvious solution: Turnbull as NSW Liberal leader. Hell, I’d consider voting Liberal then.
Hmmmm…I will let her have the job for a month or two then I will make my move….I may even sleep with her too.
Yum, corrrr! I would ‘drive her’ home to her obode.
Piss off Bosca you Wog, I’m sniffing her chair before you.
Dear Andrew,
Thank you for using proper English metaphor. However I note you have said that the left faction had, “added insult to injury”.
Insult on to injury implies a series of events wherein the Left were injured and then had more pain inflicted upon them. In this instance, their pain was as a result of their own statements made PRIOR to the events current. It is therefore more accurately described as an act of hubris rather than as insult heaped upon injury.
Regards,
Your sub-editor.
What is amusing about the events of the last day or two is that if it wasn’t for Luke Foley bragging at the Left Faction dinner that the “left now controlled the NSW Government”, the move against Nathan Rees may never have happened at this time.
Suck eggs Foley. You are a loser.
Will Brumby be next?
Could Anna Bligh be the next doomed leader?
Democracy is best conducted over lunch at the Golden Century.
I’m the people’s choice!!
I choose the people.
Do you think she’d be hot for short, fat blokes with bad skin and shemale wives?
I’ve never done a Premier before…though I did pash Michael Egan but we were both drunk.
Did someone mention shemales?
smella bosca thats some quality stuff.
I must have left my Iron Lung at Walter’s.
hmmm I wonder if I could wrangle a 3-way with Krissy, me and Carmel….?
You can’t polish a turd. And he’s a turd and guess what he’s your turd.
The nsw ALP continues to give us a long parade of sloppy amatuer operators.
Rees turing up for work as a Minister the day after his puppet remarks is a great reminder to all nsw voters that the puppet show continues – the conga line of nobodies continues.
The NSW public became immune to the perception and reality of political corruption and sleaze many years ago – the difference is that today’s NSW ALP cannot even manage the basic pretence of public administration.
Western Sydney in particular is a forgotten wasteland of social neglect.
It is hard to see how another nsw nobody will address this – and despite Rees’ new found loyalty the fact is he has already given the Liberals that most damagingly potent ‘puppet’ sound bite to be used again and again at the next election.
His final dummy spit as Premier has already put the final nail in the nsw alp coffin.
Why can’t NSW ALP recuit some better talent?
The cast from FAT PIZZA could do a better job.
The only differences between the cast from Fat Pizza and the NSW Labor Government are:
1. Toula is younger than Keneally.
2. Habib is more open about his drug consumption.
3. Bobo is smarter than Tripodi.
4. Some people actually LIKE Fat Pizza.
Fat Pizza? That’s my pet name for Belinda’s arse.
Now, who wants a shag? I’m up for it.
Did someone mention a pizza?
Land y you are a crooked, poofy f*ckin’ jew. Now that’s defamatory, racist, and homophobic. Unlike your rather broad definitions of such.