Of course O'Farrel and the liberals are only doing what their...

Of course O'Farrel and the liberals are only doing what their labour predecessors did under Wran. Remember Wran legislated to impose royalties on a couple of old coal mines that operated under pre-Torrens title land that gave mineral rights to the land owner (Yes they did exist here in NSW!). Whats more it was done with no compensation.

So for better or worse the example has been set.

I beleive nifty nev was wrong to through out the law to satisfy his budget at the time. Some things just have to be lived with. In the case of the solar rent seekers, I beleive they have been given way too generous payments. However, you don't just trash contract law to fix it just because you can. Not if you want to keep people's faith in the "rule of law" alive anyway.