With the latest opinion poll showing voter dissatisfaction with the New South Wales Premier, has the time come for a change at the top of the NSW Labor Party?
Bob Carr left New South Wales high and dry wiping his hands clean before the sh*t hit the fan leaving Iemma to face the dilemma.
Transport, Education, Roads, Hospitals and Infrastructure... if it can go wrong in NSW it does go wrong.
Iemma has had a difficult baptism as Premier since his posting in August 2005. Carr left Iemma with all the personnel, corruption claims and Government incompetence that has left our State in a mess since the March 2007 election.
Labor has a maximum four year term but 15 months after being returned to office the Coalition, for the first time since State Labor Governance in 1992 has been ahead in the opinion polls.
The Leader of the Opposition, Barry O’Farrell has become NSW voters preferred premier capturing 38% of the News Poll survey while Iemma trails on 32%.
So what will Iemma do?
There appears to be no solution to our worsening roads as petrol increases and more people flock towards overcrowded trains and buses whilst the public ask where are the plans for the next instalment of busses and trains?
The buses in operation like the new Volvo bendy-busses have been deemed unsafe and are currently not road-worthy while new promised trains and carriages have been delayed.
Even the train ticketing systems needs an upgrade while the back-up systems on our roads and tunnels, notably the Spit Bridge incident this week and the failure of the M5’s backup electronic system are inexcusable.
Doctors, Nurses and new hospitals are needed. Teachers, education resources and new classrooms need investment all the while there appears to be no plans and no money to spend on necessities and even the Premier’s own party disagree on the sale of the State’s electricity sector.
So who are the personnel we have voted in to run our state?
Negligent councillors, paedophiles, corrupt councillors and people who abuse their position of power.
From Carl Scully’s sacking in 2006 over his handling of the Cronulla Riots to Milton Orkopoulos being arrested, charged and jailed for child sex offences.
With more current issues such as the Wollongong Council corruption scandal where councilors and devleopers were allegedly involved in the donating funds to the Labor Party which brought a number of Iemma Ministers into question most notably Ports Minister Joe Tripodi as well as Police Minister David Campbell, Housing Minister Matt Brown and Planning Minister Frank Sartor.
The credibility of the Iemma Governement and it’s Ministers has been questioned over and over again by the New South Wales public who have had enough.
John Della-Bosca and the ‘Iguana Affair’ is another issue the embattled Premier certianly did not need. Iemma has ‘stood aside’ Della-Bosca pending police investigations.
Iemma must sack him to restore some of his own and his Party’s credibility.
With a maximum time of two years and nine months left until the next election, the Coalition surely could not lose the election whilst the voters must suffer another two years and nine months of pain and suffering.
Can Labor do anyworse, go to new lows and find more dodgy ministers and more scandals to involve themselves in?
And what will Iemma do?
Bob Carr left New South Wales high and dry wiping his hands clean before the sh*t hit the fan leaving Iemma to face the dilemma.
Transport, Education, Roads, Hospitals and Infrastructure... if it can go wrong in NSW it does go wrong.
Iemma has had a difficult baptism as Premier since his posting in August 2005. Carr left Iemma with all the personnel, corruption claims and Government incompetence that has left our State in a mess since the March 2007 election.
Labor has a maximum four year term but 15 months after being returned to office the Coalition, for the first time since State Labor Governance in 1992 has been ahead in the opinion polls.
The Leader of the Opposition, Barry O’Farrell has become NSW voters preferred premier capturing 38% of the News Poll survey while Iemma trails on 32%.
So what will Iemma do?
There appears to be no solution to our worsening roads as petrol increases and more people flock towards overcrowded trains and buses whilst the public ask where are the plans for the next instalment of busses and trains?
The buses in operation like the new Volvo bendy-busses have been deemed unsafe and are currently not road-worthy while new promised trains and carriages have been delayed.
Even the train ticketing systems needs an upgrade while the back-up systems on our roads and tunnels, notably the Spit Bridge incident this week and the failure of the M5’s backup electronic system are inexcusable.
Doctors, Nurses and new hospitals are needed. Teachers, education resources and new classrooms need investment all the while there appears to be no plans and no money to spend on necessities and even the Premier’s own party disagree on the sale of the State’s electricity sector.
So who are the personnel we have voted in to run our state?
Negligent councillors, paedophiles, corrupt councillors and people who abuse their position of power.
From Carl Scully’s sacking in 2006 over his handling of the Cronulla Riots to Milton Orkopoulos being arrested, charged and jailed for child sex offences.
With more current issues such as the Wollongong Council corruption scandal where councilors and devleopers were allegedly involved in the donating funds to the Labor Party which brought a number of Iemma Ministers into question most notably Ports Minister Joe Tripodi as well as Police Minister David Campbell, Housing Minister Matt Brown and Planning Minister Frank Sartor.
The credibility of the Iemma Governement and it’s Ministers has been questioned over and over again by the New South Wales public who have had enough.
John Della-Bosca and the ‘Iguana Affair’ is another issue the embattled Premier certianly did not need. Iemma has ‘stood aside’ Della-Bosca pending police investigations.
Iemma must sack him to restore some of his own and his Party’s credibility.
With a maximum time of two years and nine months left until the next election, the Coalition surely could not lose the election whilst the voters must suffer another two years and nine months of pain and suffering.
Can Labor do anyworse, go to new lows and find more dodgy ministers and more scandals to involve themselves in?
And what will Iemma do?
I’m sure Bob Carr would have a few words of advice for Morris... dé ja vu perhaps?
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