Cabinet documents reveal the Howard government moved quickly to lock in a claim over huge areas of the seabed across the Pacific,Indian and Southern oceans,including key areas off Australia’s Antarctic territory.
Even on the far outskirts of Sydney,people can’t find a park. Now the issue has pitted mainlanders against river residents and torn apart a tight-knit community.
Former Liberal MP and Hornsby mayor Philip Ruddock has accused the federal government of “trying to have your cake and eat it too” by allowing councils to hold Australia Day citizenship ceremonies outside January 26,while also strongly encouraging them to do so.
The new speaker Milton Dick backed Greens MP Max Chandler-Mather when he didn’t wear a tie in question time.
The internal war within the NSW division of the Liberal Party has seen a mass exodus of members.
The federal government will be hoping to bring a few dollars into Liberal party coffers while it splashes the Budget cash on Tuesday.
The surprise meeting has deepened the anxieties within the NSW division over the inability to select candidates for key federal seats in the coming election.
The Liberal Party has finally chosen candidates to contest some federal preselections in NSW after long delays threatened the party’s ability to win key seats.
The Greens are chalking up a triumph after their own mayoral candidate scored close to half the votes against former federal Liberal minister Philip Ruddock.
The Liberal Party’s abdication of Sydney’s second city leaves the door open for their political opponents to control the council.
Gladys Berejiklian is the third Liberal premier brought down by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.