Will the land titles registry privatisation bid be reversed?
After months of fiercely defending the NSW government's plans to privatise the land titles registry, the newly installed deputy Liberal leader has toned down the rhetoric.
Esther Han is the consumer affairs editor for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Sun-Herald. She was previously the food and wine news writer for Fairfax Media.
After months of fiercely defending the NSW government's plans to privatise the land titles registry, the newly installed deputy Liberal leader has toned down the rhetoric.
She's yet to be premier, but Gladys Berejiklian is figuring out how to renew the ministry and fielding question about her priorities from interest groups.
Historians and journalists across NSW have joined the fight to stop the Baird government from privatising the country's largest and oldest database of land ownership records.
The private operator of NSW's land titles registry would have access to information about bankruptcies, marriages, divorces and deaths, experts warn.
The ACCC is urging motorists to fill up, with petrol prices expected to jump in coming days.
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The minister responsible for property has blamed "informal and inconsistent" processes for a bungle that saw nearly 200 families unknowingly buy homes in Sydney's south that could be flattened for a freeway.
A leaked scoping study provides clues as to why the Baird government is fiercely determined to sell off highly valuable and sensitive data to the highest bidder.
Mr Baird has pointed to Canada's experience to reassure the public that privatising the land titles registry is the right thing to do.
Australia's top legal figures warn that privatising the land titles registry will lead to consumers paying more for a lesser service.
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