THE former premier Morris Iemma wants perks similar to those of his predecessor Bob Carr - including a driver, office and assistant worth up to $500,000 a year - despite the fact that he did not serve the four years needed to be given them.

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New South Wales Premier Nathan Rees has dismissed a proposal to penalise MPs who quit mid-term for reasons other than illness.

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NSW Water minister Nathan Rees has confirmed he's been selected as New South Wales Premier after Morris Iemma resigned today in the face of a state Labor caucus revolt.

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New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has sacked his unpopular Treasurer Michael Costa in the wake of the state's failed electricity privatisation push.

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NSW Premier Morris Iemma has sacked Treasurer Michael Costa, who will announce his departure at a press conference at 10am (AEST) on Friday, The Daily Telegraph has reported.

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The NSW government will make history as it votes in its first ever female deputy premier, Carmel Tebbutt, on the same day that it may sack Treasurer Michael Costa.

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Now that its Electricity Privatisation Bill is dead, Bob Dumpling ponders the humane options for Morris Iemma's Government As Morris Iemma prepares to lead an ill-fated assault to push his Electricity Privatisation Bill through the NSW Upper House, it's a good time to think abou …

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THE Iemma Government was warned a month before it announced the $12 billion north-west metro line that it would damage the NSW economy and should not proceed, in a damning top-level report commissioned by the Treasurer and buried by the Premier's office.

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THE Iemma Government will fail to meet its State Plan target to reduce car use in Sydney even if the price of parking, petrol and road-tolls is raised hugely, says secret internal modelling obtained by the Herald.

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New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma is in a stand-off with the state's paramedics, who are refusing to charge patients until he sacks their chief.

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New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has declined an invitation to attend a crisis meeting of the Labor Party's Administrative Committee, which wanted to question him about his electricity privatisation plans.

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THE Premier last night ordered John Della Bosca to face a police interrogation over the Iguanas affair after the suspended education minister and his wife, the federal MP Belinda Neal, had refused to be interviewed.

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There are calls for New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma to make major changes to his Cabinet now he has returned from overseas.

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Greens MP and youth spokesperson Lee Rhiannon today called on Premier Iemma to ask the NSW Anti-Discrimination Board to investigate whether Westpoint Blacktown's ban on school students using the centre contravenes anti-discrimination laws and work with shopping centres to stop su …

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The New South Wales Government is considering its response to last night's overwhelming rejection of privatisation plans for the electricity sector by rank and file members of the Australian Labor Party (ALP).

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Police will have powers to frisk people they suspect of carrying lasers and those without reason to have them - such as educators, architects or astronomers - will be fined up to $5000.

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The New South Wales Opposition says the Labor Government needs to listen to its own party, after a local branch filed a formal complaint against the Premier.

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New South Wales Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell says reports Premier Morris Iemma is considering banning political donations should be seen before they are believed.

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The New South Wales Opposition says it is extremely concerned that Premier Morris Iemma plans to start the sale of the state's $15 billion power industry before Parliament resumes in February.

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NSW Premier Morris Iemma lied to voters before the state election when he said there would be no sell-off of the electricity sector, NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell says.

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New South Wales Premier Morris Iemma has condemned those responsible for leaving pig heads at the site of a proposed Islamic school in Sydney's south-west.

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NSW police are to be given the power to demand DNA samples from any offender regardless of the severity of the crime. The Sun-Herald has learnt cabinet approved the power last week as part of a legislative package focused largely on anti-terrorism measures.

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Voters in New South Wales have given Labor a scare at the ballot box, but the party has been returned for its fourth successive term. There has been a swing against Labor of around 3 per cent, but not the 12 per cent the Coalition needed to win.

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Controversial Muslim leader Sheik Taj el-Din al Hilaly is planning an assault on three Labor seats in the state election - including that held by Premier Morris Iemma.

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Central business districts of key cities in New South Wales will get free Wi-Fi broadband within the next three years, under a plan announced today by the state's premier Morris Iemma.

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