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Sunday, February 05, 2006

Is Another Reshuffle in the Air?

As the ladies and gentlemen of Canberra prepare to restart their engines this Tuesday - our beloved Sophie Panopoulos predicts it will be `a historic day, which either means that she has a much higher estimation of Julian McGuaran's abilities than does nearly everyone else, or that she knows something about AWB that we don't, or that she's actually a brilliant impostor who is slowly but surely scheming to bring down the Howard Government from the inside. (A tantalising proposition, but unfortunately, it seems Soph is for real), what lies in the immediate future for the NSW Government?

The latest Morgan Poll still has Labor comfortably ahead in NSW, six months after the departure of Bob Carr, and despite various controversies such as the Cross City Tunnel. Meanwhile, rumours are growing that NSW Premier Morris Iemma is planning an early reshuffle. As has been tipped for months on end, Michael Costa is expected to take over as full time Treasurer, but there's suggestions that some other senior ministers may also have their workloads tweaked. Which ones and what porfolios? The little bird was quiet on that ... we'll just have to wait and see.