The Casualties

Peter Debnam has finally decided to step down from the NSW Liberal leadership, allowing Barry O'Farrell to stand unopposed.

The surprise is that it's taken this long. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who expected Debnam to step down on election night (it's becoming somewhat of a tradition amongst State Opposition leaders). During his leadership, Debnam managed the uncanny feat of focusing attention on his own ineptitude and lack of scruples at a time when the government was dealing with what otherwise may have been an election-losing scandal in the form of the arrest of Milton Orkopoulos. More recently, he witnessed a large proportion of his shadow frontbenchers lose their pre-selections. In clinging on and then being tipped off at the last minute, he ensured that the perception of his leadership carrying little authority, and that turmoil in the NSW Liberal Party is worse than ever, remained intact.

All known puns regarding Speedos have since been used, so there's not much else to say.

Meanwhile, Morris Iemma has sensationally delayed the swearing in of Paul Gibson as a member of his new cabinet, pending a police investigation whose details remain unknown.

And what can you say about that? Just shake your head with a bewildered expression, like I did.