Sydney is First
NSW taxpayers spent more than $105,000 on a week-long trade trip to China for Premier Kristina Keneally, including almost $65,000 in international and domestic airfares.
Ms Keneally’s office today detailed the costings of the trip taken earlier this month, saying they totalled $106,018.
Of that, $52,303 was spent on international airfares for eight people, and $12,552 on [...]
SUE JAVES Kyle Sandilands’ comments in a recent trade industry podcast have caused ructions within 2Day FM.
Unguarded comments by Kyle Sandilands may come back to bite him.
Kyle Sandilands may be Austereo’s biggest drawcard by somehow turning his crassness into ratings, but his seemingly unguarded comments in a recent trade industry podcast have caused further ructions [...]
AUSTRALIAN Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is in hot water with the governor of Alabama for his response to comedian Robin Williams’ Australian rednecks jibe.
Williams made the joke on the Dave Letterman TV talkshow in the US earlier in the week and Rudd, during a radio interview on Wednesday, hit back by recommending the comedian “spend [...]
Is it just the charm before the storm, Anne Summers wonders, or can the Labor leader stave off her party’s looming defeat?
NSW is still not quite used to our new Premier, a perky, charming, and, let’s face it, pretty woman. She is quite a change from the procession of bland blokes before her, and [...]
ANDREW WEST
ALMOST two thirds of Sydneysiders support ”high investment in public transport” – and they are prepared to pay for it.
One of the most extensive surveys of commuter needs finds the public is desperate for improved train, bus, light rail and ferry services – and even drivers, who rarely use mass transit, strongly favour better [...]