The only hope newly minted NSW Labor leader Chris Minns has in unseating the popular Gladys Berejiklian is through a united party.
65 years ago,in a “wild and bitter” public showdown,members of the Women’s Central Organising Committee screamed abuse at each other at a Labour Party conference.
Labor Party has charged former cabinet minister Marlene Kairouz with a string of branch-stacking offences - and revoked the memberships of 1800 people.
While dealing with COVID-19,the economy,infrastructure blowouts and tantrums from spoilt brat tennis stars,the Premier also has to soothe the ego and ambition of factional warlords.
Ms Kairouz is the most high-profile Labor figure to be issued with a show-cause notice by party elders after she was implicated in a branch-stacking scandal.
The Labor backbencher said no political party was being honest with the Australian public about reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In a veiled swipe at Labor's internal climate wars,frontbencher Clare O'Neil will also say no issue is more at the forefront of Australians'minds than their standard of living.
State government ministerial staffers,long-time party volunteers and party delegates have been expelled from the ALP in its branch stacking audit.
Even some coal miners in the heart of the Hunter Valley say the transition from fossil fuels is already happening. Politicians just need to catch up.
As the state party cleans up its membership base,branches controlled by Adem Somyurek forces have shed members,while the party recorded unexpected membership growth.
Ingrid Stitt will serve as Minister for Workplace Safety in a cabinet reshuffle announced on Tuesday afternoon.