Politics
NSW
This Sydney school science lab has shut down until there is money to fix it. How did it come to this?
The problems at one northern beaches school are just the tip of the iceberg as the state education system grapples with budget cuts and frozen funds.
- by Lucy Carroll
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Low-density luxury development exacerbates housing crisis
I doubt the premier’s housing plan envisaged the demolition of 28 smaller relatively low-cost units and their replacement with 22 large, luxurious and costly apartments.
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State Parliament
One state is making ‘world leading’ changes to how money influences power. It won’t happen in NSW
NSW Premier Chris Minns says he won’t follow the lead of his Labor counterpart in South Australia by introducing a blanket ban on political donations.
- by Max Maddison
NSW gets a new budget next week. Here’s what we already know
Amid an unfortunate accounting error and a huge blow to revenue, the budget is set to be one of restraint. But before it is released, there’s a lot we already know.
- by Anthony Segaert
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Roads
Fixing NSW roads will cost $2.8 billion. See how much your council needs
Sydney metropolitan councils need almost $500 million to repair local roads. The bill for one council leapt by nearly 200 per cent.
- by Max Maddison
They’re the ‘cockroaches’ of Sydney housing. But what will terraces look like in future?
The NSW government is pulling together a pattern book of designs for medium density buildings from two to six storeys that will attract fast-track approval.
- by Julie Power
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Government grants
This Sydney council has to hand back ‘pork-barrelling millions’ for park that was never built
The grants program run by the former Coalition government went predominantly to Liberal and National electorates. Now one council’s been ordered to return the money.
- by Alexandra Smith
Inflation dragon rebounds to scorch those most in need
We are now a country where the wealthy, tax-free oldies are the leaners not the lifters.
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NSW budget
NSW counted Sydney Metro property sales twice. It was a $1 billion mistake
NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is already warning of a bad-news budget, but it just got even worse after bean counters uncovered a big problem.
- by Alexandra Smith
Rosehill Racecourse mini city a step closer but still must win over feuding racing figures
There are plans for a new mini city in Sydney’s west, but the proposal still has plenty of opponents.
- by Alexandra Smith
‘Quite overwhelming’: Tears and trauma as NSW apologises for anti-gay laws
“We are sorry,” Premier Chris Minns told a packed public gallery on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the scrapping of homosexual criminalisation.
- by Andrew Hornery