THE Treasurer, Eric Roozendaal, appointed the vice-president of the NSW Labor Party, Michael Williamson, to the board of the State Water Corporation three days before the government entered caretaker mode.

OPPOSITION finance spokesman Andrew Robb has been forced to deny he is currently after Joe Hockey's shadow treasurer job. But there is little doubt that he does want it — it's just that he can't get it.

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These tiny treasures have been designed to loom large, writes Nicole Bittar.