NSW:Inquiry in doubt after parly prorogued

AAP General News (Australia)
12-22-2010
NSW:Inquiry in doubt after parly prorogued

Critics have vowed to push ahead with a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into
the state's 5.3 billion dollar electricity sale .. despite government attempts to kill
it off by shutting down parliament.

The future of the inquiry's been thrown into doubt after Premier KRISTINA KENEALLY
announced today that Governor MARIE BASHIR has prorogued parliament .. two months earlier
than expected.

Opposition Leader BARRY O'FARRELL immediately accused the government of trying to derail
the upper house inquiry ahead of the state election in March.

But Christian Democratic Party MP FRED NILE and the Greens have later obtained advice
from the clerk of the upper house that the inquiry can go ahead in January.

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KEYWORD: ELECTRICITY (SYDNEY)

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