Iemma hits the phones to replace Rees with Sartor

Publicly, former NSW premier Morris Iemma might be a happy house husband taking things easy in his post-politics life. But there is another Morris Iemma the one that is pestering Sydney journalists with his campaign to oust Nathan Rees and install former planning minister Frank Sartor. Iemma’s calls are so frequent and so purposeful that it has become an open joke in Sydney media circles. So much so that one journalist recently asked Rees at the end of a media conference whether the NSW Government was paying for the former premier’s phone calls. Sartor has apparently said that he needs the job before May so he can do two budgets before the next election. Sartor is apparently relaxed about the rest of the Cabinet, with the notable exception of Joe Tripodi and treasurer Roozendaal is working to try and protect his own position, from a likely takeover attempt by health minister Della Bosca, in the event of a successful Sartor challenge. Happy little campers.