Shadow Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Chris Hartcher today called on the NSW Government to explain how much local commercial real estate owners would have to pay under Peter Garrett’s nationalised green building program.

Former Minister Carl Scully’s opinion-editorial in today’s Sydney Morning Herald shows cost-shifting to Local Government is an integral part of NSW Labor Government policy – further evidence that they’re out of ideas, Shadow Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Chris Hartcher, said today.

Premier Nathan Rees has unveiled his latest weapon against failed former Minister John Della Bosca – four failed former Premiers, Shadow Special Minister of State Chris Hartcher said today.

The Independent Commission Against Corruption annual report shows the systemic corruption that has been allowed to flourish after 14 and a half years of Labor rule in NSW, Shadow Special Minister of State Chris Hartcher said today.

Minister for Public Sector Reform, John Robertson, is struggling under the weight of his new portfolios having failed to issue a single Public Sector Reform, Special Minister of State or Corrective Services press release since he was appointed to his new portfolios on 14 September.

Shadow Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Chris Hartcher, said figures revealed in this week’s NSW Ombudsman 2008/09 Annual Report are indicative of why an O’Farrell approach to Local Government is right for NSW.

Member for Terrigal and Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Chris Hartcher, has today condemned the NSW Labor government for another false promise to the residents of Kincumber and the Peninsula after a Question on Notice has exposed yet another Labor con.

''One member of the Labor caucus was in and out of the headquarters of ClubsNSW so often that in my view it wasn't inconceivable that he may have warranted an ICAC inquiry … in muddying his role as a legislator with his role as a lobbyist for the club movement.''

Former Premier Bob Carr, SMH, 14 October 2009

Central Coast health services will be run by its own Health District, oversighted by a Board with local community representatives and health professionals under a NSW Liberals & Nationals plan to better focus on the needs of families.

Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Chris Hartcher, has today criticised the Premier for failing to recognise the Central Coast’s contribution to the arts and culture. Marie Andrews appeared in today’s Central Coast Express Advocate, spruiking the Premier’s ‘Adventure Passport’ which encourages school age children to visit cultural institutions.

A day after the Coalition revealed plans by Joe Tripodi’s department, the NSW Maritime Authority, to hire a new speech writer, the NSW Government has been caught out trying to dodge Nathan Rees’ “staffing freeze” again.