The ALP should have been out of government in NSW two terms ago. The reason they were returned is because of the abysmal performance of O'Farrell and his crew.

Other than "Cut Payroll Tax", they've proposed stuff-all as an alternative government and spend all their time telling us what they're NOT going to do rather than put up anything new.

They tried to stop the Electricity sale last time only becasue they wanted the money for themselves to fund their own pork-barrelling, not because of some idealogical argument.

It looks like they'll walk it in but not on their own merits.

Unless BOTH sides lift their game, NSW is in for a pretty bad time.

I think wobbles the thread has run its race, mostly agree, well do with your thoughts.
But Barry needs to do nothing promise nothing and say nothing.
Truth is if conservatives, not joking, sent their team on holidays over seas for full campaign, spent two dollars twenty cents on the whole campagn.
And if their front line promoters the Sydney telegraph is closed down during the election, Labor will be hurled out of ofice.
WHY no lover of ALP no unioist no consumer of electricity, needs to ask.
Kick backs from developers, gee dare not list the crimes against those who voted ALP.
Watch however rampart conservatives try to flogg me with their victory and remember few contributed to this thread ,,playing safe?

Belly,

If the Libs are as hopeless in Government as they were in Opposition then we don't have much to look forward to.

It's fine for them to complain about everything from Road Tolls to Speed Cameras but nowhere have I heard that they would do anything different from the ALP.

Swapping one bunch of incompetents for another may be a solution but I think the people of NSW deserve better than the choices they have been given.

The voters of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie dabbled with Independents years ago and that proved to be a disaster.

Wobbles all true, and I worked very hard in the area you name last election.
HTV for every second the booth was open, scutineering then a 2 hour drive home.
We won.
Against all odds kept Newcastle in ALP hands.
The only time I ever saw her again was the day she supported AGAINST THE CONFERENCES VOTE the sale of the power.
It is no longer a Liberals vs Labor thing.
Understand Friend, liberals have won, no need to vote its done.
And find room to understand we are better for it, the party long ago,considered us just the stones they walk on .
The door knocking HTV people once used and re boxed till next time.
In March they may just understand we could have done a better job than some self serving grubs who leave rich and fat as any conservative ever was.
In fact anything conservatives do will look good in the short term.
I do not share their views but know Labor needs the gutting skinning and hanging out to dry it is going to get.
PS staying home that day,my leg will be playing up, party first.

This mornings Sydney Tele again takes the cat o nine tails to Labor in NSW.
This time I think they wasted the effort.
If NSW ALP this morning promised to cut power bis by 25% stop all city tolls and kiss every kid in town twice the party would still be thrashed.
Yesterday I was reminded in a documentary of NSW under two leaders two different types of government.
Bob Askin,and Nevil Wrann,
Crime lords and very dishonest criminal police ruled the state, openly rewarding politicians for blindness.
I truly do not know if todays party is any better, it may not be as bent but such miss management and neglect is a crime.

Belly, the process of 'government' is actually no different to 'organised crime'.

NSW is not the only corrupt state/territory.

Victoria's police force seems to organise crime and killing down there.

Qld, well what can I say?

The Fitzgerald Enquiry simply told us all what most knew and all the media outlets elected to ignore.

This year Fitzgerald commented that Qld was back to its old tricks.

Who is in power?

Not the Nationals, but Bligh and the ALP.

WA is a closed shop for cronies, under either party.

NT, well, that is a 'government' free zone where 'anything goes', particularly when the whole government sits in the Vic' pub all day.

Tassie? Umm, no sign of 'government' to be found.

SA? Had a government once but not been seen for years.

ACT? Over governed but probably on a par with a small town council as far as competence goes.

There is, overall, a lack of imagination at the political level throughout the nation.

But again, as with my own post, there is such cynicism within the community that maybe there is a responsibility to be taken up by ordinary 'punters' to demand more?

Reform must start within each political party, at the same time as 'overall' reform is embraced to prohibit 'donations', and 'mates jobs'.

But is the world of 'business' any less corrupt?

Just bought the George Megalogenis Quarterly Essay about the failure of 'ideas'.

Not earth shattering but it puts together a credible essay worth reading.