Iemma resigns..

[Pokes]

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24297619-421,00.html

Mmmm....thoughts?

 

[Atomic]

My immediate thought... Greenpoleffc would be happy

 

[dibo]

all i would say to the new premier (whoever that will be) is:

 

[Bex]

Gotta be happy with that considering the crap job the government has been doing.

However, two sayings come to mind:

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Better the devil you know.

As you can see, I'm skeptical. I somehow doubt it will result in any improvement. Worse, it could distabilise the party and make them even more impotent.

 

[Paolo]

all i would say to the new premier (whoever that will be) is:

*whistles*

 

[T]

From the Terrorgraph

NATHAN Rees will be the new NSW Premier, with Carmel Tebbutt Deputy Premier, after the Labor Party caucus today endorsed a dramatic new leadership team for the State Government.

Mr Rees has emerged from a Labor caucus meeting at NSW Parliament where he confirmed he had replaced Morris Iemma.

Carmel Tebbutt is his new deputy, he said.

"As you all know Morris Iemma resigned as premier today, I nominated for the vacancy and I was elected unanimously by the full Labor caucus," he told reporters.

"In addition to that, Carmel Tebbutt has the full support of the caucus for the deputy premier position."

"We start work today for the people of NSW, we start work this afternoon to deliver services to the people of NSW," he said.

Mr Rees and Ms Tebbutt left the party room meeting smiling broadly and to the sound of applause from their colleagues.

Mr Iemma left the room with former deputy premier John Watkins minutes earlier, also prompting applause from caucus.

He, too, was smiling and told reporters: "We'll talk later".

Mr Iemma said he would hold a press conference at 2pm.

 

[MattSimon]

It's a hardware clearance at the caucus - all tools must go.
Costa out. Iemma out. Arnold out.

 

[FFC Mariner]

My immediate thought... Greenpoleffc would be happy

Never pleased to see someone lose their job (mitigated by the huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge sum of tax payers money he will doubtless get) but changing the Captain of the Titanic as it sinks wont change anything will it??

 

[skilbeck]

Yep I can tell you that NSW Labor have approximately 5/8ths of a term left before they get beaten IMO

 

[dru]

The sooner we abolish local councils and state government the better.

 

[T]

The sooner we abolish local councils and state government the better.

But can you really see those ppl giving up what sembelance of power they have??

 

[Arabmariner]

Anyone ever heard of a politician in the last few decades who wasn't a lying, corrupt f**kin tosser?

No?...I thought not!

Won't make any difference.

Enter the next f**kwit premier!

 

[FFC Mariner]

The sooner we abolish local councils and state government the better.

But can you really see those ppl giving up what sembelance of power they have??

Australia needs the revolution it avoided in 1901.

Either give us back our GST money that gets spunked on other States having a mining boom or we leave your stupid Federation.

Sign a non agression and mutual protection pact with China (to piss off the yanks) and declare jihad on all the other States. Starting with wiping Canberra off the  face of the earth (worlds ugliest and most boring place)

Sydney ends up as the capital as it always should have been and lords it over the others.

(Cue manic Dr Evil laughing)

 

[Arabmariner]

                                       

The sooner we abolish local councils and state government the better.

But can you really see those ppl giving up what sembelance of power they have??

Starting with wiping Canberra off the  face of the earth (worlds ugliest and most boring place)

And f**k giving them a team in the a-league!

 

[FFC Mariner]

f**k no, it would be an away trip we would have to go on and that means a visit to the worlds most boring "capital"

 

[Capn Gus Bloodbeard]

I cheered when I heard the good news.

Though I think State Labor is like a gangrenous let.  At first it just looks like it's the foot that's sick.  You try and save the leg by cutting off a few toes, then eventually the whole foot (Iemma), but you eventually realise that it's the entire leg (Labor) that's diseased and decaying, and the only way to save the whole body (the state of NSW) is to cut off the leg and just build a new one.

Also, this new guy, he was the minister for Emergency Services, right?  The services are in a state of disaster, so it looks like we've just swapped one idiot for another.

Thank god Costa's FINALLY buggared off though.  Midas touch?  That guy had the death touch.

Seriously, this whole system is screwed.  If I was as bad at my job as any of these clowns I wouldn't last a week.