Shadow Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Chris Hartcher today urged Minister for Local Government Barbara Perry to do better for NSW ratepayers after she announced on Friday in the Government Gazette ratepayers under financial stress would miss out on across the board interest rate decreases.

Special Minister of State, John Robertson, and his seven staff have been made responsible for just seven Acts of Parliament, Shadow Special Minister of State, Chris Hartcher, revealed today.

Revelations the Rees Government will spend $100,000 to send Ministers to media training proves Labor’s spin cycle will never stop, Shadow Special Minister of State Chris Hartcher said today.

Tens of thousands of motorists could be in potential danger each day from Heavy Vehicles according to the NSW Opposition.

Revelations Nathan Rees used $20,000 of taxpayers money on his own personal TV camera crew to pump out propaganda shows how out of touch the State Labor Government has become, Shadow Special Minister of State Chris Hartcher said today.

In just over two weeks time, Sunday 3 May 2009 will mark 3 years since the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW commissioned a report into the effects of cost shifting onto Councils by the NSW Government called ‘Are Councils Sustainable’ by Percy Allan AM. The report was given to the Minister for Local Government on the 3^rd May 2006.

Offences involving criminal conduct and anti-social behaviour have more than doubled under the Labor Government, Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Chris Hartcher, said today.

“Land holding in excess of the standard school site size ie 3 hectares primary, 6 hectares secondary is deemed to be surplus”  Labor’s Draft Process Strategy for the Identification of Surplus Land for Disposal

Revelations a little watched digital television channel funded by taxpayers has cost as much as $1 million shows Nathan Rees is out of touch with NSW families, Shadow Special Minister of State Chris Hartcher said today.

Last week when 600 Trade Unionists demonstrated against prison privatisation outside State Parliament, they were joined by a number of Labor MP’s. One face was missing. A face that the public had become familiar with through hundreds of anti-privatisation rallies – the face of John Robertson, said Shadow Special Minister of State, Chris Hartcher, today.

The Rees Labor Government has refused an opportunity to participate in public debate over the introduction of ‘Recall’ elections in NSW, despite it being Labor policy for at least 50 years.

Gosford City Council is among the biggest losers from the Rees Government’s sham waste bonus scheme, which pays every Council in the Greater Metropolitan Area exactly the same per resident, regardless of recycling performance, Shadow Minister for the Central Coast, Chris Hartcher revealed today.