Comment: Think about this: if you are between 18 and 32-years-old in NSW, media coverage of NSW Labor has been dominated by ICAC hearings, criminal prosecutions, convictions, and sentencing, writes Nathan Rees
Ten years ago this week, as NSW premier, I stood in front of a packed press conference and said I would not hand the state over to the likes of Eddie Obeid. Later that day, my leadership was ended in a caucus vote largely along factional lines.In my remark about Obeid, I wasn’t simply making reference to the personalities that loomed large in the NSW parliamentary Labor Party. Perhaps more importantly, I was trying to change the culture. For too long, factional bosses had ruled the party.
It beggars belief that this was the prevailing culture in a political party branch that claims it is the dominant force in Australian politics. Bear in mind that a string of Liberal MPs were dragged through a parallel ICAC investigation into donations, and the Liberal premier was forced to resign during these hearings.We don’t yet know what the findings of the most recent ICAC hearings will be.
In politics, courage is like the Night Parrot – you hear a great deal of talk about it, but you very rarely see it.
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