Well what we all thought would happen has happened and Morris Iemma has been voted in as Premier of New South Wales. Speedo Debnam was really on a hiding to nothing from the start since he had no rapport with the voting public and his only policy seemed to be “Don’t Vote Labor”. Interestingly enough, Morris was humbling in victory, and spoke of a “mandate with a message” and that he will now be able to finish off the work he has started. He needs to start that this week and this is what he should do.

1. Reshuffle the cabinet and get rid of the dead wood.
2. Reign in the power of Costa, Sartor and Tripodi.
3. Speed up the implementation of the state plan.
4. Sack all the spin doctors and get on with the job.

The electorate has given you another chance, not because we think you are up to the task, but because we knew Peter Debnam wasn’t up to the task. If you stuff us around any more, the people of the state will not be happy. Now get to work fixing this state.

The attached picture is not a new species but it does look like something pulled up from the depths of the ocean. It was in fact pulled from the depths of the plumbing under my bathroom. This is almost a metre of matted hair and congealed soap and is the reason why our bath was emptying so slowly. I cleaned the pipes myself, but either way, I know why plumbers charge so much. You wouldn’t play with this stuff all day if you weren’t on top dollar.

The State Emergency Services Southern Sydney Region rescue competition was held yesterday and the team from Randwick came fourth. This was a vast improvement of the previous result two years ago when they came seventh. The team of six worked their way throuh seven different rescue scenarios including rescue from heights, rescue from depths and a mass casualty scenario. The whole event was filmed and during the year a series of training videos will be produced to help give new recruits a idea of the variety of activities in which the SES is involved. A series of photos can be found in the Randwick SES photo gallery.