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Barry O'Fail shows the way
Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:41am

The scandal surrounding Sydney's Star casino has deepened to embroil New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell in potentially the most damaging political controversy his government has faced.

A series of text messages made public on Monday suggest Mr O'Farrell wanted to "smash" Star.

So this is what we are to endure under Barry. Over a year in and he has achieved nothing, done nothing, has nothing happening and now has kicked off the scandal sheet for his team. Basically nothing has changed in NSW, it is still the perennial underachiever with the worst infrastructure and no plan to fix it.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-02/ofarrell-implicated-in-campaign-against-star/3928176

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Johnsmith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4716 Gender:	Re: Barry O'Fail shows the way Reply #1 - Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 8:43am He has to smash Star .. there may still be a few people with jobs working at star by the time he's finished with NSW and he can't have that
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Doctor Jolly Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3808	Re: Barry O'Fail shows the way Reply #2 - Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 9:28am OFarrell's government is just ground hog day of the previous labor government. Do nothing, get in silly political fights. NSW deserves better.
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adelcrow Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20133 everywhere Gender:	Re: Barry O'Fail shows the way Reply #3 - Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 5:39pm It just shows that no matter if Labor or Liberal are in power anywhere its pretty much more of the same. I wonder why these rusted on voters have never twigged that they are being conned.
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Reply #4 - Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 5:57pm

adelcrow wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 5:39pm:

It just shows that no matter if Labor or Liberal are in power anywhere its pretty much more of the same.
I wonder why these rusted on voters have never twigged that they are being conned.

I thnk people are looking at the 3 or 4% at the margin, that slight leaning maybe sometimes in the direction you want.

Though in reality the opposite, going againt the one which is identical with that small leaning the other way.

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red baron Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 10204 Blue Mountains Gender:	Re: Barry O'Fail shows the way Reply #5 - Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm Barry O'Fail??????????? He's done more in 1 year than Labor did in....what was it 14 or 16?....seemed like 60!
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Reply #6 - Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 7:09pm

red baron wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

Barry O'Fail???????????

He's done more in 1 year than Labor did in....what was it 14 or 16?....seemed like 60!

Like What?? i can not think of a single thing he has banged on about that has actually come to thing at all, so please list the great achievements even in fairness he has only been there a year and a bit what exactly has come to an actual program of action. I can tell you it is all in committees and reviews and reports, the very things that labor are criticised for. he has merged a couple of departments at great cost.

I was happy to vote labor out at the election to, but now where is the promise of action? it will not take long for the disappointment to set in

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Reply #7 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:20am

nairbe wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 7:09pm:

red baron wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

Barry O'Fail???????????

He's done more in 1 year than Labor did in....what was it 14 or 16?....seemed like 60!

Like What?? i can not think of a single thing he has banged on about that has actually come to thing at all, so please list the great achievements even in fairness he has only been there a year and a bit what exactly has come to an actual program of action. I can tell you it is all in committees and reviews and reports, the very things that labor are criticised for. he has merged a couple of departments at great cost.

I was happy to vote labor out at the election to, but now where is the promise of action? it will not take long for the disappointment to set in

Look it up instead of constantly whining over NSW being lead by a conservative government.

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Reply #8 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:33am

nairbe wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 7:09pm:

red baron wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

Barry O'Fail???????????

He's done more in 1 year than Labor did in....what was it 14 or 16?....seemed like 60!

Like What?? i can not think of a single thing he has banged on about that has actually come to thing at all, so please list the great achievements even in fairness he has only been there a year and a bit what exactly has come to an actual program of action. I can tell you it is all in committees and reviews and reports, the very things that labor are criticised for. he has merged a couple of departments at great cost.

I was happy to vote labor out at the election to, but now where is the promise of action? it will not take long for the disappointment to set in

We had a thread about this a few weeks ago and there were only a couple of achievements that rated a mention.....

http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1328486570/0

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Reply #9 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 8:00am

Armchair_Politician wrote on Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:20am:

nairbe wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 7:09pm:

red baron wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

Barry O'Fail???????????

He's done more in 1 year than Labor did in....what was it 14 or 16?....seemed like 60!

Like What?? i can not think of a single thing he has banged on about that has actually come to thing at all, so please list the great achievements even in fairness he has only been there a year and a bit what exactly has come to an actual program of action. I can tell you it is all in committees and reviews and reports, the very things that labor are criticised for. he has merged a couple of departments at great cost.

I was happy to vote labor out at the election to, but now where is the promise of action? it will not take long for the disappointment to set in

Look it up instead of constantly whining over NSW being lead by a conservative government.

That's their stock standard answer or they put someone down by throwing abuse at them when they can't answer a question

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Reply #10 - Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:58pm

Armchair_Politician wrote on Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:20am:

nairbe wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 7:09pm:

red baron wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

Barry O'Fail???????????

He's done more in 1 year than Labor did in....what was it 14 or 16?....seemed like 60!

Like What?? i can not think of a single thing he has banged on about that has actually come to thing at all, so please list the great achievements even in fairness he has only been there a year and a bit what exactly has come to an actual program of action. I can tell you it is all in committees and reviews and reports, the very things that labor are criticised for. he has merged a couple of departments at great cost.

I was happy to vote labor out at the election to, but now where is the promise of action? it will not take long for the disappointment to set in

Look it up instead of constantly whining over NSW being lead by a conservative government.

That is not an answer and for your information as you clearly can not read i voted liberal at the last state election. There is no question labor were off and had to be removed. It will be 8 years minimum of Barry and if the current performance is to continue we are to have 8 slow years. NSW is in very big trouble, it simply has little to really get its economy going besides the building industry in Sydney.

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Reply #11 - Apr 9^th, 2012 at 3:33pm

So the great Barry O'Fail is showing his incredible lack of vision and leadership as well as his intention to continue the post olympic failure to develop infrastructure in NSW to an amazing 12 straight years.

The Sydney basin has needed a second airport since the 80's but all state and federal governments have failed to have the intestinal fortitude to do anything about it. Now Barry wants to use Canberra's airport as Sydneys second and have high speed rail. Barry fails to tell us that the Federal government adviser Tim Fisher has proposed the high speed rail and it will get built anyway. Yet again O'Fail has done nothing but let every one down with his inaction.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/airport-chaos-imminent-but-the-cockpits-vacant-20120406-1wgl1.html

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Re: Barry O'Fail shows the way
Reply #12 - Apr 9^th, 2012 at 3:37pm

nairbe wrote on Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:58pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:20am:

nairbe wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 7:09pm:

red baron wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

Barry O'Fail???????????

He's done more in 1 year than Labor did in....what was it 14 or 16?....seemed like 60!

Like What?? i can not think of a single thing he has banged on about that has actually come to thing at all, so please list the great achievements even in fairness he has only been there a year and a bit what exactly has come to an actual program of action. I can tell you it is all in committees and reviews and reports, the very things that labor are criticised for. he has merged a couple of departments at great cost.

I was happy to vote labor out at the election to, but now where is the promise of action? it will not take long for the disappointment to set in

Look it up instead of constantly whining over NSW being lead by a conservative government.

That is not an answer and for your information as you clearly can not read i voted liberal at the last state election. There is no question labor were off and had to be removed. It will be 8 years minimum of Barry and if the current performance is to continue we are to have 8 slow years. NSW is in very big trouble, it simply has little to really get its economy going besides the building industry in Sydney.

And the building industry in Sydney is almost non-existent at present.

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Reply #13 - Apr 9^th, 2012 at 5:19pm

beware wrote on Apr 9^th, 2012 at 3:37pm:

nairbe wrote on Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:58pm:

Armchair_Politician wrote on Apr 4^th, 2012 at 7:20am:

nairbe wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 7:09pm:

red baron wrote on Apr 3^rd, 2012 at 6:27pm:

Barry O'Fail???????????

He's done more in 1 year than Labor did in....what was it 14 or 16?....seemed like 60!

Like What?? i can not think of a single thing he has banged on about that has actually come to thing at all, so please list the great achievements even in fairness he has only been there a year and a bit what exactly has come to an actual program of action. I can tell you it is all in committees and reviews and reports, the very things that labor are criticised for. he has merged a couple of departments at great cost.

I was happy to vote labor out at the election to, but now where is the promise of action? it will not take long for the disappointment to set in

Look it up instead of constantly whining over NSW being lead by a conservative government.

That is not an answer and for your information as you clearly can not read i voted liberal at the last state election. There is no question labor were off and had to be removed. It will be 8 years minimum of Barry and if the current performance is to continue we are to have 8 slow years. NSW is in very big trouble, it simply has little to really get its economy going besides the building industry in Sydney.

And the building industry in Sydney is almost non-existent at present.

Yes and that is the point. Sydney has depended on the whole growth idea for to long now. If it does not grow constantly in population and disposable income it is in big trouble. The services and building industries carried the city for the past 12 years but that has now ended with house prices so unrealistic and reality coming back to personal debt and disposable income.

NSW is in big long term trouble because it simply is not the big centre of the australian universe any more and has nothing to back it up.

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Reply #14 - Apr 10^th, 2012 at 6:58pm

With the majority that Barry has he should have the valour to do what must be done. No matter what he has a minimum of 8 years, enough time for voters to forget an unpopular but valiant decision. Sydney must have a new airport and O'Fail will head down if he is to gutless to take a serious decision.

Their own top transport bureaucrats and leading business people tell them if they don't start planning for a second airport right away the NSW economy will be stunted, the national economy will be badly hurt, the people of Sydney will again be subject to the levels of aircraft noise that drove them to protest in the streets in the 1990s, the roads around Kingsford Smith will be a permanent traffic gridlock and aircraft delays will ricochet throughout Australia's aviation system.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/airport-chaos-imminent-but-the-cockpits-vacant-20120406-1wgl1.html

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