At the very time we are being told of the impending dangers that lie ahead of us re energy production and usage, the ever craven Morris Iemma and his band of fools think it's the time to flog off electricity generation and sales in NSW to the private sector.

Even as a man-made CC skeptic I want our governments to lead the way in Concentrated solar power development etc. If governments are good for anything, surely it's projects of this size.

Surely Morris and his merry men have the responsibility to lead the way?

Given that I am an ALP member, and yes that the Sydney press is farming lies to hurt my party.
I still think the bloke is a failure.
That his best gift to my party is to leave the house find another job.
That his white wash of health and child welfare is appalling.
Yet yes we are not well served by this government, but who would vote for the opposition?
Just maybe it is time!
Time this opposition acted like it wanted to win.
To think the only thing this lost government has going for it is the opposition questions how bad can NSW get?
What do we sell next?

stop complaining about the quality of parliamentary government. it is rather better than the quality of parliamentary serfs.

the political structure of oz society doesn't allow effective management. if you want a better society, you need to change that structure. unfortunately, there are no mechanisms of change in oz culture, just a bred in the bone belief that pollies should exhibit behavior characterized as 'philosopher-kings'.

well, they're not gonna. so go back to whinging.

Ever had a punt on the races DEMOS? the chances of us getting anything other than the form of government we have are ten million to one.
Like the clerk of the course winning the Melbourne cup.
However complaining about weak direction less government will continue to be a sport we should have more of, not to complain is to except.
If you live ten times ten life's you will never see the form of government you wish.
Self interest drives voters not dreams that never come true.

I never thought that Govt could get this bad.I really believe much of it is due to fear of litigation.Govts no longer lead,they just manage crisis after crisis created by their own procrastination.Our Govts have become impotent,brought about by the victim and the security syndrome.Everyone wants to be a victim so advantage can be gained for no effort.No one wants to risk anything and expects the state to pick up the pieces when things go wrong.If the state can't do it,then they look for ways of litigation to compensate them for their own laziness.

Our pollies just reflect our society that is well and truely down the path of decay.GDP is not a true indication of a healty economy.We do not generate wealth from human endeavour like the Chinese.We mostly just flog off non renewable resources and import all we need with little intellectual or physical effort.

If things get too difficult,we just flog it off.There are certain utilities that Govt still need to control.They just want to sell it off to get out of a pickle of their own making.A fifteen $billion asset can earn them 8% pa if run well and still have enough capital for upgrades.If Govts cannot run a simple thing like power stations and their grids,how can they ever hope to run a state or country?More than likely a foreign owned company will buy our power stations and the profits will go OS.

Private ownership by a few will be just like the oil companies.There will be an undisclosed agreed price that is the bottom line and real competition will not exist.The cost of energy will outstrip inflation and we will all be poorer for it.Did the sale of the Commonwealth Bank lower bank fees?

When household energy prices escallate,Morris Iemma will not be responsible since it is beyond his influence of power.It is one less thing that we can hold them accountable for.

The real question should be,how do we make Govts more efficient and accountable?

The rot began with the Balmain boy dun good who discovered hollow log after hollow log, thus raping our utilities of their capital to create for new demand. No subsequent govt. had the brains to stop this, neither Lib nor Lab. Carr deserves a special mention for his stealing from the building industry Long Service Fund for his self aggrandisement and re-election.

DEMOS- what can I say? Want to get together and start a group?

Then you will have two in your group never two million, sorry but that is the way it is.
Go back if you think that was the start of the rot the Mr run over the *&^%$!
He was great at criminal acts.
Fact is we need to ask is the weak opposition playing any part in this weak government?
Last time my ALP won after doing very little to deserve it.
But how many did not expect it? who would vote for the lost opposition?
Truly think, would the idiotic right of the party in NSW better serve the party by leaving?
Let the Branch's grow, pick honestly their own candidates and return to Liberalism.
The sad truth is even then the power stations would be sold.
If Morris wants to impress me he will take a leaf out of Rudd's book sack his minister for child welfare or whatever it is called , fund his new job , buy him a hot dog stand, much training will be needed before he can run it!

Belly,my point was not party political. By most accounts Askin was dodgy as all get out.

But when Nifty twigged that it was ok to rape our utilities for his political ends he hindered their ability to create for future demand, and thereby hastened the user pays and pays again culture that both major parties follow today.

On a party political note-You are no doubt aware, and outraged by the way your beloved workers friend party rips 100s of millions out of the Construction Industry Long Service Leave Scheme in their budgets whilst a) denying valid claims because workers haven't ticked the right boxes' and b)having the nerve to say they care, and criticizing the opposition. Such hypocrisy. There are 10's of thousands of construction workers in NSW due this payment who have been disenfranchised by your ALP right.

Our State Govts are basically corrupt.It has always been so.Neville gets the biggest state cleaning contract when he departs,Nick gets taxis licences and Bob gets a contract with the Macquarie Bank one of the biggest contractors to our Govts both state and federal.

Morris unfortunately,is not smart enough to take advantage of his situation.Joh Bejelkie Peterson was corrupt but he kept the excesses of the public service under control.Morris and Bob let the Public Service expand and tax the life out of NSW.

Joh's excesses did not excel the waste and cronyism of the following Labor Govts of Bob Carr and Peter Beatty.

Sometimes we are better off with a benevolent dictator,than the weakness of a socialist do gooder.