The verdict on Clover Mooreâs four decades in public office
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On March 27, Clover Moore will have officially notched up 17 years as Sydneyâs lord mayor. If - as expected - she is re-elected in September and serves a full term, she will have been in that office longer than Robert Menzies or Joh Bjelke-Petersen were in theirs.
Younger readers would struggle to recall, but by the time she became mayor in 2004, Moore had already been in politics for two-and-a-half decades - initially on South Sydney Council and then from 1988 as a state MP, a job she held alongside the mayoralty until 2012 when the OâFarrell state government forced her to choose between them. September marked her 40th year in public office.
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Government analysis of the western Sydney airport metro advised the state against trying to rush the delivery of the multi-billion dollar project in time for the airportâs opening, warning it could affect the cost.
The internal document outlining potential cost and timeline concerns was tabled to NSW Parliament less than 24 hours before a scathing Infrastructure Australia report was released on Friday, which found the benefits of the project did not justify its $11 billion price tag.
An artistâs impression of a train on the new Sydney airport metro line.
The Infrastructure Australia report recommended higher contingency funding for the metro given the strong demand for contractors amid a mega-project building boom on the countryâs east coast.
Deputy Premier John Barilaro’s decision comes as Gladys Berejiklian told colleagues she wants Natasha Maclaren-Jones appointed as the next upper house president, in a bid to boost the number of women with senior roles.
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