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NSW consumers facing more hard Labor 

Newly-appointed NSW Premier Nathan Rees (pictured) is unlikely to add to any resurgence in NSW retail spending with the news that the state’s finances are severely stretched and any relief in interest rates will be negated by increases in water and energy charges following the collapse of plans to privatise the state’s power industry. The future of NSW Fair Trading Minister Linda Burney, close supporter of ousted Premier Morris Iemma, is uncertain.
 

 
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