Wran...the paragon of virtue. There were only 3 royal commissions into his activities, the result being the commissioners stating that he was so cleverly cunning, that even they (the commissioners) found themselves implicated in some way. Ergo, they could do nothing.

From memory, there was the "bottom if the harbor" affair, the raping of the health system through his hatchet man Laurie Brereton (the minister of putting his name on billboards, as he was come to be known), raping of the transport system so that now it's all contracted out...just go to the Blue Mountains, where there's been TWENTY YEARS of road works, and STILL no dual carriageways, but lots of 40km zones!!

Much, much more, but memory fails me now, but his swansong of gaining a cleaning contract for government offices, as a lawyer, for $1M per year, is indicative of his rorts throughout his premiership.

Bob Askin was considered a criminal, but Wran made him look like a choirboy.

Foxy reckons I'm being vague with my comments. I think she knows exactly what I'm on about just doesn't want to risk opening another can of worms. Maybe she can't source any links on wasting so much taxpayer money for several decades on ex politicians & senior public servants that already cost us dearly before the generous pension.
Care to give us the figures Foxy on how much we've paid for ALL PMs no longer in office thus far ?
Never mind the Premiers, just too hard to swallow such figures whilst the workers have to tighten their belts.

Yeah, Nick Greiner threatened a no-holds-barred enquiry into government corruption during Wran, so Wran resigned and they put Barry Mogadon (Unsworth) in. If you want an example of how to go through the motions of an election campaign that you WANT TO LOSE, just look back at that one. Greiner won in a landslide, only to be usurped by his own party that wanted to continue the corruption.

The Health system has never recovered from those years, and we spend a lot more today to gain a lower quality service as a result. The road system is obvious, as is the public transport system.

Do you remember Harry M Miller being jailed for a BS charge? It was because he was having an affair with Jill Wran, and that's how Neville got his revenge. The Premier's Office is just a den of thieves.

Thank You for your comments.

My recollections of Neville Wran are somewhat
different. I remember a charismatic man, an
intelligent and amusing communicator whose
values were not determined by opinion polls.
A man who legalised homosexuality and reformed
anti-discrimination laws. A man who had a solid
commitment to public education and worked to establish
the University of Western Sydney. A man who invested
massive sums in rebuilding the railways and electrified
regional rail services both to Newcastle and Illawarra.

Then of course there were the rainforests of NSW and
the redevelopment of Darling Harbour and the building
of the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Perhaps that's
why he was re-elected so many times. He also had many
friends on all sides of politics. The current PM,
was very generous in his tribute to the Mr Wran, and
being offered a State funeral is no small expression
of the value placed on him as Premier and the contributions
that he made to the state of NSW.

http://www.news.com.au/national/nifty-neville-wran-had-all-the-right-moves-to-survive-in-politics/story-fncynjr2-1226891616429

Sure. And Hitler provided infrastructure, jobs, roads, hospitals and schools for the German people. But we don't remember the few good things amongst the scale of atrocities he committed, do we? Wran was the MOST corrupt NSW Premier of the last five decades, hands down.

Dear DD,

If the world consisted simply of some self-evident
reality that everyone perceived in exactly the
same way, there might be no disagreement among observers.
But the truth of the matter is that what we see in the
world is not determined by what exists "out there."
Our outlook on the world is also influenced by our
background, training, education, past experiences,
political outlook, - in other words from a viewpoint of
subjectivity.

Inevitably then, we are all guilty of some measure of
bias - the tendency, often unconscious to interpret facts
according to our own values.

You are of course entitled to your opinion of Mr Wran
The same as I am entitled to disagree with it.

Cheers.