Red Leather #70 - now available

Not sure how we find ourselves in mid November. Every year whizzes by and before I know it I am getting ready for very late night parliamentary sittings as the government seeks to get the rest of our legislation through before the end of the year.

In recent weeks the government has:

• been pleased about the progress the NSW economy is making. The number of all property and land sales in NSW has increased 29.4 per cent in the September 2009 quarter compared to the same time last year and residential building approvals have increased 17 per cent above national average.
• Announced new safety regulations to target the high rate of injuries from children traveling in cars.
• Approved a $150 million, 26 turbine wind farm 12 kilometres west of Glen Innes. The new wind farm had the potential to generate power for more than 25,000 NSW homes
• Barangaroo will be a world leading ecological development, with the NSW Government announcing the project will enter the Clinton Climate Initiative's Climate Positive Development Program.
• Noted that A national survey by Screen Australia shows that NSW is leading Australia's film and television production. The value of production in NSW for the past financial year was $434 million - or 63% of the national total.

This weekend will be the State Conference of the NSW Labor Party. The rubber will hit the road when conference delegates have to decide what reforms to embrace coming out of the Building a Modern Labor Party consultation and the adoption of a revised platform.

This year the State conference will also feature a fringe program open to the public. I am hosting a Labor 2.0 event on Saturday at lunchtime . Click here for the whole program.  

Website of the week: The Crisis of Credit Visulazed. Explained in terms anyone can understand (it's 11 mins though) . Thanks to Matt daSilva for the suggestion.

Video of the week: The NSW Libs - two staffers have quit in the wake of this.

Regards
Penny

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