Sunday, February 15, 2004



Keeping track of Carr family
Bob Carr is the son and grandson of train drivers. Last week he invited some drivers' delegates to his office to talk privately.
Less than a year after winning a third term, Premier Bob Carr and his senior ministers are on the nose.
In August last year I wrote: Some experts say that infrastructure is in such a parlous state that water shortages, power cuts, longer train delays and more clogged up roads will soon become the norm of daily life in Australia's richest and most populous state.(Rebuilding the rundown state, The Sun-Herald, August 10, 2003)

· Acting Premier [link first seen at After runaway failures Carr may be moving on ]

Clover Moore, the inner-city independent MP who is feared and loathed by the Labor Party and referred to as "the Witch of Oxford Street", is set to spoil the ALP's Sydney Council power grab.
· More Mega Power Grab Means Moore (Charter 1992 signatory)
· Charlie Thompson saw a big mess and decided to clean it up